1. Chapter 3: Reading and Study Strategies
Bridging the Gap, 8/e Brenda Smith
PowerPoint by JoAnn Yaworski
and Mimi Markus
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2. In this Chapter You Will Learn about:
Strategic Reading
Four types of readers
Three stages of reading
Metacognition
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3. What Is Strategic Reading?
Strategic reading is using specific techniques for understanding, studying, and learning.
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Four Types of Readers
Tacit learners/readers
Aware learners/readers
Strategic learners/readers
Reflective learners/readers
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SQ3R
Survey
Question
Read
Recite
Review
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6. Three Stages of Reading
Previewing stage
Reading stage
Self-testing stage
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What Is Previewing
Previewing is personally connecting
with the material before you start to read.
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8. Signposts for Answering Preview Questions
Titles
Introductory material
Subheadings
Italics, boldface print, and numbers
Visual aids
Concluding summary
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9. Why Use a Study System? Successful Academic Reader Predicting
Summarizing
Self-testing
Establishing relationships to prior knowledge
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10. Schema Network of Known Information Call up old information
Add the new information
Link new to old information
Store all information in memory
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11. Stage 2: Integrating Knowledge
5 Thinking Strategies of Good Readers
Predict (develop hypotheses)
Picture (develop images during reading)
Relate (link prior knowledge with new ideas)
Clarify points (monitor your ongoing comprehension)
Correct gaps in comprehension (use correction strategies)
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Metacognition
Know about reading
Know how to monitor
Know how to correct confusion
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Stage 3: Self-Testing
Telling yourself what you have learned
Recalling
Relating it to what you already know
Reacting
Evaluating
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Recall by Writing
Blend
Reconcile
Gain personal ownership of new knowledge
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How to Recall
Self-test
Make connections
To self
To text
To world
React and reflect
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16. Visit the Longman English Pages
Take a Road Trip to New Orleans!
Be sure to visit the Active Reading
module in your
Reading Road Trip CD-ROM
for multimedia tutorials, exercises, and tests.
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