雅思阅读方法与技巧(一)

READING STRATEGIES AND SKILLS 　This course will give you the opportunity to develop and practice re

READINGSTRATEGIESANDSKILLS Thiscoursewillgiveyoutheopportunitytodevelopandpracticereading strategiesandskillswhichcanbeappliedtoallformsofIELTStests.Thestrategies andskillsyouwillpracticeareasfollows: 1.Predicting 2.Skimming 3.Scanning 4.Detailedreading 5.Guessingunknownwords 6.Understandingmainideas 7.Inferring 8.Understandingtextorganization 9.Assessingawriter'spurpose 10.Evaluatingawriter'sattitude. 1Predicting Beforeyoureadatextindetail,itispossibletopredictwhatinformationyou mayfindinit.Youwillprobablyhavesomeknowledgeofthesubjectalready,and youcanusethisknowledgetohelpyouanticipatewhatareadingtextcontains.After lookingatthetitle,forexample,youcanaskyourselfwhatyouknowanddonot knowaboutthesubjectbeforeyoureadthetext.Oryoucanformulatequestionsthat youwouldliketohaveansweredbyreadingthetext.Theseexerciseswillhelpyou focusmoreeffectivelyontheideasinatextwhenyouactuallystartreading. Tohelpyoupredict,youmayalsouseskimmingandscanningstrategiesas describedbelow. 2Skimming Skimminginvolvesreadingquicklythroughatexttogetanoverallideaofits contents.Featuresofthetextthatcanhelpyouincludethefollowing: (a)Title (b)Sub-title(s) (c)Detailsabouttheauthor (d)Abstract (e)Introductoryparagraph (f)First,secondandlastsentencesoffollowingparagraphs (g)Concludingparagraph Atextmaynotcontainallofthesefeatures-theremaybenoabstract,for example,andnosub-titles-butyoucanusuallyexpecttofindatleast(a),(e),(f)and (g).Focusingonthesewillgiveyouanunderstandingoftheoverallideaorgistofthe textyouarereading-inotherwords,ageneralunderstandingasopposedtoadetailed reading. Anothertermforthiskindofreadingissurveying.Surveyingcanbedescribedas lookingquicklythroughabook,chapterofabook,articlefromajournal,etc.,to decidewhetherornotitissuitableforyourpurpose.Todecidewhetherornotatextis suitable,especiallyifitisabook,youwillalsoneedtofocusonthefollowing