BLOGO REVIEW FOR TEST #1 PROF. MIGUEL A. ARCE RAMOS ENGLISH 213 PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO NEMO ENIM IPSAM VOLUPTATEM QUIA VOLUPTAS

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1 BLOGO REVIEW FOR TEST #1 PROF. MIGUEL A. ARCE RAMOS ENGLISH 213 PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO 1

2 Part I. What is reading? 2

3 What is reading? Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct and derive meaning. 3

4 When is reading receptive and when is it productive? Reading is receptive when we are reading and internalizing the data. It is productive when we speak about what we are reading. 4

5 Why is fluent reading and decoding different? When we decode letters are deciphered as visual patterns and we can pronounce them while when we read fluently we understand the message and it has some type of meaning. 5

6 What three things a person does when reading? 6 A person does three main things when reading: Decodes symbol Deciphers meaning uses background knowledge (schemata) to understand word.

7 Why is it that good readers tend to be good writers? Good readers tend to be good writers because they acquire vocabulary from all of the reading that they do. 7 In addition, good readers mimic the writing structures that they are exposed to making them more adept to write the way they see rather than write the way they think.

8 Part II. Reading Skills 8

9 Mention the four basic reading skills. Skim Scan Intensive Reading Extensive Reading 9

10 How to skim? Why do you skim? You skim by running your eyes over the text, noting important information. 10 Skimming is used to quickly gather the most important information, or gist of what you are trying to read.

11 What is scanning? When do you scan? Scanning is when you run your eyes over the text looking for the specific piece of information you need. 11

12 What is extensive and intensive reading? Extensive is when we read to further a knowledge we posses and intensive reading is when we are trying to get new data in our long term memory. 12

13 Part III. SQ3R Method 13

14 What does the acronym SQ3R stand for? Survey Question Read Recite Review 14

15 15 How many times should we read when we use this method? In what parts of the method do we read? At least three times, we read in the read, recite and review sections. We should read the text at least three times. The first time to survey, the next to underline difficult vocabulary and the third time for comprehension.

16 Why should we turn the titles, headings, and sub-headings into questions? When we do this we basically summarize the section read. 16

17 Part IV. Active Reading 17

18 What is active reading? Active reading means reading with a determination to understand and evaluate it for its relevance to your needs 18

19 Mention four things you must do to read actively. 19 Underline or highlight key words and phrases as you read. When you return to it later on, you can easily see which points you identified as important. Make annotations in the margin to summarize points, raise questions, challenge what you've read, jot down examples and so on. Read critically by asking questions of the text. Who wrote it? When? Who is the intended audience? Does it link with other material you've studied in the module? Test yourself by reading for half an hour, putting the text away and jotting down the key points from memory. Look for 'signposts' that help you understand the text - phrases like 'most importantly', 'in contrast', 'on the other hand'. Explain what you've read to someone else. Record yourself reading the module material or your notes, and listen to the recording while you're travelling or doing household chores.

20 Mention 3 ways to improve your academic reading. 20

21 Mention 3 ways to improve your concentration. Focusing on the small parts. Setting goals 21 Working for limited but intense periods of time Taking breaks Rewarding yourself

22 Part V. Inferring and The Human Memory 22

23 What is the importance of inferring to increase reading comprehension? When we infer we are making educated guesses. By guessing rather than stopping we increase our speed of text. This in turn helps us comprehend text better. 23

24 Mention the three types of memory. Sensory, short term and long term memory. 24

25 Mention the differences between the three types of memory. 25 Sensory is when we have the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended. Short term memory holds information for short periods of time. Long term memory allows us to store information and internalize it.

26 How does each type of memory impact your reading skills? First we must accept what we are reading and read it voluntarily. Then we should read to put this information in short term memory. 26 Finally, we review and repeat the data in order for it to stay in our brains.