UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH TEXTS

• READ THE CONTENT WORDS
• LOOK AT THE PICTURES
• FIND COGNATE WORDS
• SKIMMING: READ QUICKLY TO GET A GENERAL IDEA
• SCANNING: READTO FIND SPECIFIC INFORMATION
• FIND PEOPLE’S NAMES
• FIND TOPIC SENTENCES
• TRY TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF TEXT.
• IDENTIFY TIME ORDER (DAYS, MONTHS AND YEARS)
• STUDY THE TITLE (WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT)
• LOOK BACK IN THE SENTENCES TO FIND WHAT THEY REFER TO

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