READING AND VOCABULARY SKILLS
BY JENNY CASTELBLANCO
Start
OBJECTIVES
Learn some reading strategies.
Get familiar with websites for reading in English.
Learn some vocabulary strategies
Get familiar with online dictionaries and glossaries.
1. The importance of reading
2. Reading tips and strategies
3. Links for reading practice
INDEX
4. Vocabulary strategies
5. Online dictionaries and glossaries.
1 WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO READ IN ENGLISH?
2 READING TIPS AND STRATEGIES
Speak and write about the texts you read.
WHAT CAN I DO TO PRACTICE
05
04
03
01
02
Speak and write about the texts you read
Take reading quizzes
Organize words in a meaningful way
Read as much as possible
Read about your favorite topics
MAIN READING STRATEGIES
Reading for general information
Reading for specific information
Guessing vocabulary from context
Graphic organizers
Reference
Inference
http://www.tv411.org/reading
3 LINKS TO DO READING PRACTICE
Speak and write about the texts you read.
NON-FICTION, WITH QUIZZES AND ACTIVITIES
LITERATURE
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_reading.htm#Reading-Comprehension-Exercises
VARIED SOURCES
http://www.tv411.org/reading
4VOCABULARY TIPS AND STRATEGIES
Speak and write about the texts you read.
A. TO LEARN NEW WORDS
APPS
Download a vocabulary app.
GAMES
If you like playing games, play them in English.
REGISTERS
Info
Be exposed to both, formal and informal language
LISTEN AND READ
Info
Read and listen about different topics
Info
Info
B. TO IDENTIFY THE MEANING OF A WORD (When you can't check a dictionary)
What does it mean?
What type of word is this?
Guess vocabulary from the context
When you have the chance to use a dictionary
C. TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF VOCABULARY
DEFINITION. This an insect that produces honey.
EXAMPLE. What Bugs Bunny eats.
SYNONYM/ANTONYM. It is similar to “rich”. It is the opposite of “poor”.
IMAGES.
WORD MAPS.
D. TO REGISTER NEW VOCABULARY
Make a vocabulary notebook.
Source: https://ubitto.com/blog/how-to-learn-100-new-korean-vocabulary-in-a-week/
Source: https://www.smekenseducation.com/maintain-vocabulary-notebooks/
LEARN MORE ABOUT VOCABULARY NOTEBOOKS
E. TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE VOCABULARY
Produce
Be social
Use the words you learned from a text in a speaking or writing activity.
Use English in Whatsapp and other social networks.
+info
+info
VOCABULARY TIPS
5ONLINE DICTIONARIESAND GLOSSARIES
Speak and write about the texts you read.
DICTIONARIES OR TRANSLATORS?
Translators are used by a lot language students every day around the world. But they have some problems.
They do not always show you all the possible meanings of a word in different contexts.
Sometimes they cannot identify the meaning of phrases or collocations – it translates them word by word.
If you translate complete phrases or sentences, you don’t get the ability to build meanings by yourself.
ADVANTAGES OF DICTIONARIES
Different meanings
Information about the word
Phrases
Additional explanations
ONLINE DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES AND RESOURCES
https://www.wordreference.com/
www.m-w.com
www.dictionary.com
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english
www.yourdictionary.com
http://iate.europa.eu/ (Technical vocabulary)
http://www.proz.com/?sp=ksearch (Technical vocabulary)
PHRASAL VERBS
https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html
https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/
http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrasals.htm
PHRASES AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
http://www.idiomsite.com
http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html
http://www.learn-english-today.com/Proverbs/proverbs_A-K.html
VOCABULARY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
http://www.wordcentral.com/
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/
SPECIAL DICTIONARIES (PICTURES, RHYMES, ETC)
http://www.ozdic.com/ (Collocations)
www.pdictionary.com (Pictures)
www.rhymezone.com (Rhymes)
www.rhymer.com (Rhymes)
THE AWL
The list
The words
CONGRATULATIONS!
Now you know more about reading and vocabulary strategies
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READING AND VOCABULARY SKILLS
BY JENNY CASTELBLANCO
Start
OBJECTIVES
Learn some reading strategies.
Get familiar with websites for reading in English.
Learn some vocabulary strategies
Get familiar with online dictionaries and glossaries.
1. The importance of reading
2. Reading tips and strategies
3. Links for reading practice
INDEX
4. Vocabulary strategies
5. Online dictionaries and glossaries.
1 WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO READ IN ENGLISH?
2 READING TIPS AND STRATEGIES
Speak and write about the texts you read.
WHAT CAN I DO TO PRACTICE
05
04
03
01
02
Speak and write about the texts you read
Take reading quizzes
Organize words in a meaningful way
Read as much as possible
Read about your favorite topics
MAIN READING STRATEGIES
Reading for general information
Reading for specific information
Guessing vocabulary from context
Graphic organizers
Reference
Inference
http://www.tv411.org/reading
3 LINKS TO DO READING PRACTICE
Speak and write about the texts you read.
NON-FICTION, WITH QUIZZES AND ACTIVITIES
LITERATURE
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_reading.htm#Reading-Comprehension-Exercises
VARIED SOURCES
http://www.tv411.org/reading
4VOCABULARY TIPS AND STRATEGIES
Speak and write about the texts you read.
A. TO LEARN NEW WORDS
APPS
Download a vocabulary app.
GAMES
If you like playing games, play them in English.
REGISTERS
Info
Be exposed to both, formal and informal language
LISTEN AND READ
Info
Read and listen about different topics
Info
Info
B. TO IDENTIFY THE MEANING OF A WORD (When you can't check a dictionary)
What does it mean?
What type of word is this?
Guess vocabulary from the context
When you have the chance to use a dictionary
C. TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF VOCABULARY
DEFINITION. This an insect that produces honey.
EXAMPLE. What Bugs Bunny eats.
SYNONYM/ANTONYM. It is similar to “rich”. It is the opposite of “poor”.
IMAGES.
WORD MAPS.
D. TO REGISTER NEW VOCABULARY
Make a vocabulary notebook.
Source: https://ubitto.com/blog/how-to-learn-100-new-korean-vocabulary-in-a-week/
Source: https://www.smekenseducation.com/maintain-vocabulary-notebooks/
LEARN MORE ABOUT VOCABULARY NOTEBOOKS
E. TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE VOCABULARY
Produce
Be social
Use the words you learned from a text in a speaking or writing activity.
Use English in Whatsapp and other social networks.
+info
+info
VOCABULARY TIPS
5ONLINE DICTIONARIESAND GLOSSARIES
Speak and write about the texts you read.
DICTIONARIES OR TRANSLATORS?
Translators are used by a lot language students every day around the world. But they have some problems.
They do not always show you all the possible meanings of a word in different contexts.
Sometimes they cannot identify the meaning of phrases or collocations – it translates them word by word.
If you translate complete phrases or sentences, you don’t get the ability to build meanings by yourself.
ADVANTAGES OF DICTIONARIES
Different meanings
Information about the word
Phrases
Additional explanations
ONLINE DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES AND RESOURCES
https://www.wordreference.com/
www.m-w.com
www.dictionary.com
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english
www.yourdictionary.com
http://iate.europa.eu/ (Technical vocabulary)
http://www.proz.com/?sp=ksearch (Technical vocabulary)
PHRASAL VERBS
https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html
https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/
http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrasals.htm
PHRASES AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
http://www.idiomsite.com
http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html
http://www.learn-english-today.com/Proverbs/proverbs_A-K.html
VOCABULARY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
http://www.wordcentral.com/
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/
SPECIAL DICTIONARIES (PICTURES, RHYMES, ETC)
http://www.ozdic.com/ (Collocations)
www.pdictionary.com (Pictures)
www.rhymezone.com (Rhymes)
www.rhymer.com (Rhymes)
THE AWL
The list
The words
CONGRATULATIONS!
Now you know more about reading and vocabulary strategies