Reading
Comprehension strategies
A2/B1
Texts used
(external links to texts)
- "A Taste of Britain", Study Uncovers Britain's Favourite Food Choices, DJS Research, 2012 (in New Missions 2de, Bordas, 2014) - "The Changing tastes in Britain", Changing tastes in Britain Presentation Pack Stamps, Keith Floyd, 2005 - "The small death of the most British thing there is", Roberto A. Fendman, The Washington Post, 4 May 2016. - " Junk Food Heaven", Bill Bryson, Notes From A Big Country, 1998.
Anticipate
Illustration
Title
Paratext
- What type of illustration is it? - What can you see? - What symbols can you identify? - What is the point of view? - What is the message conveyed?
- What can you infer about the text, judging from the title? (Type? who? where? when ? what? what for? why? ...)
- Who wrote the text? - What is the source of the text? - What is the title of the text, the title of the source - Where and when was the text published?
Anticipation from the illustration: Different people from different countries are eating different foods - Rice / tea or coffee / sushi / pasta , spaghetti / wine / fries / fruit These are 6 British stamps : we can see Queen Elizabeth's head at the top, on the right of each stamp
Anticipation from the title: It's about food in Great Britain British people have changed their eating habits
Anticipation from the paratext: Keith Floyd is the author, he is a chef (a cook) He is probably famous (there's a youtube video)
Identify
layout
the general structure of the text can help you identify its nature and aim
transparent words
words that are or look similar in French
Strategies
Names
words with a capital letter within a sentence can be names of people or places
numbers
and other digital symbols
To understand a text, you need to identify specific features
punctuation
punctuation in a text conveys meaning and can convey feelings
repetitions
words that are repeated and words belonging to the same lexical field
KEY
Identify
layout
the general structure of the text can help you identify its nature and aim
transparent words
words that are or look similar in French
Strategies
Names
words with a capital letter within a sentence can be names of people or places
numbers
and other digital symbols
To understand a text, you need to identify specific features
punctuation !
punctuation in a text conveys meaning and can convey feelings
repetitions
words that are repeated and words belonging to the same lexical field
WHO?
Names
Pronouns / Possessives
Who is the text about?
Identify the following elements
Relationships
KEY
WHO?
Names
Pronouns / Possessives
Who is the text about?
Identify the following elements
Relationships
WHERE?
Names
Prepositions and adverbs of place
Where is the scene set?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of distances
KEY
WHERE?
Names
Prepositions and adverbs of place
Where is the scene set?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of distances
WHEN?
Dates
Prepositions and adverbs of time
When does it take place?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of time
Verb tenses
KEY
WHEN?
Dates
Prepositions and adverbs of time
When does it take place?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of time
Verb tenses
WHAT?
Verbs (+ tenses)
what is it about? What is happening? What happened? What will happen?
Repeated words Lexical fields
Identify the following elements
KEY
WHAT?
Verbs (+ tenses)
what is it about? What is happening? What happened? What will happen?
Repeated words Lexical fields
Identify the following elements
RECAP
Let's recap what we understand
Your summary should identify the following (when possible): - Type / title / author /source / publication date - Main topic - Perspective or point of view - 3 main ideas or events (that include "who", "where", "when", what")
PRACTICE
The Changing tastes in Britain, Keith Floyd, 2005
Let's apply what we have just learned : - Identify Who / Where / When / What by highlighting the elements on your text - Recap what you have understood.
WHO
- Famous British chef, Keith Floyd, author
- People from around the world
- You (the reader)
- gastronauts
WHERE
- In Britain
- In restaurants
- From all around the world
- In the fifties / a few years after the Second World War (= in the 50s = in the 1950s) - In the sixties (= in the 60s = in the 1960s)
- in 2005 / now (present)
- in 2008 (projection in the future)
WHEN
WHAT
- Lexical field of food and drinks
- British food (fish and chips, marmelade) - foreign food (spaghetti, tuna fish , clams, pizza, curry, turtle soup, duck à l'orange, dover sole picasso, sushi, tapas, prawn soup / red wine, sake, ...)
WHAT
- British food was considered inferior - it was kicked out the kitchen while foreign food exploded
- talented cooks explain how to cook and enjoy - Britain is a paradise of gastronomy
- you can eat around the world (in 2008, say...)
Changing tastes in Britain - Recap
The document is ..... . It is entitled ..... . It is an excerpt from ..... written by ..... and published in ..... It deals with / It is about ..... The author tells us about/ that / how ..... in ..... from ..... until ..... He explains that / how ..... The author's aim is to .....
The document is an article. It is entitled "the changing tastes in Britain". It is an excerpt from "the changing tastes in Britain Presentation Pack" written by Keith Floyd, a famous Birtish Chef and published in 2005. It deals with / It is about food diversity and gastronomy in Britain. The author tells us about the evolution of British food from the 1950s until the present day (i.e. 2005). He explains that with the arrival of people from all over the world and thanks to the promotion on a great variety of media of the ways to enjoy food and cooking, Britsh food no longer has a bad reputation and has become a paradise of gastronomy. The author's aim is to promote British cuisine and gastronomy.
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Transcript
Reading
Comprehension strategies
A2/B1
Texts used
(external links to texts)
- "A Taste of Britain", Study Uncovers Britain's Favourite Food Choices, DJS Research, 2012 (in New Missions 2de, Bordas, 2014) - "The Changing tastes in Britain", Changing tastes in Britain Presentation Pack Stamps, Keith Floyd, 2005 - "The small death of the most British thing there is", Roberto A. Fendman, The Washington Post, 4 May 2016. - " Junk Food Heaven", Bill Bryson, Notes From A Big Country, 1998.
Anticipate
Illustration
Title
Paratext
- What type of illustration is it? - What can you see? - What symbols can you identify? - What is the point of view? - What is the message conveyed?
- What can you infer about the text, judging from the title? (Type? who? where? when ? what? what for? why? ...)
- Who wrote the text? - What is the source of the text? - What is the title of the text, the title of the source - Where and when was the text published?
Anticipation from the illustration: Different people from different countries are eating different foods - Rice / tea or coffee / sushi / pasta , spaghetti / wine / fries / fruit These are 6 British stamps : we can see Queen Elizabeth's head at the top, on the right of each stamp
Anticipation from the title: It's about food in Great Britain British people have changed their eating habits
Anticipation from the paratext: Keith Floyd is the author, he is a chef (a cook) He is probably famous (there's a youtube video)
Identify
layout
the general structure of the text can help you identify its nature and aim
transparent words
words that are or look similar in French
Strategies
Names
words with a capital letter within a sentence can be names of people or places
numbers
and other digital symbols
To understand a text, you need to identify specific features
punctuation
punctuation in a text conveys meaning and can convey feelings
repetitions
words that are repeated and words belonging to the same lexical field
KEY
Identify
layout
the general structure of the text can help you identify its nature and aim
transparent words
words that are or look similar in French
Strategies
Names
words with a capital letter within a sentence can be names of people or places
numbers
and other digital symbols
To understand a text, you need to identify specific features
punctuation !
punctuation in a text conveys meaning and can convey feelings
repetitions
words that are repeated and words belonging to the same lexical field
WHO?
Names
Pronouns / Possessives
Who is the text about?
Identify the following elements
Relationships
KEY
WHO?
Names
Pronouns / Possessives
Who is the text about?
Identify the following elements
Relationships
WHERE?
Names
Prepositions and adverbs of place
Where is the scene set?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of distances
KEY
WHERE?
Names
Prepositions and adverbs of place
Where is the scene set?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of distances
WHEN?
Dates
Prepositions and adverbs of time
When does it take place?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of time
Verb tenses
KEY
WHEN?
Dates
Prepositions and adverbs of time
When does it take place?
Identify the following elements
Measurements of time
Verb tenses
WHAT?
Verbs (+ tenses)
what is it about? What is happening? What happened? What will happen?
Repeated words Lexical fields
Identify the following elements
KEY
WHAT?
Verbs (+ tenses)
what is it about? What is happening? What happened? What will happen?
Repeated words Lexical fields
Identify the following elements
RECAP
Let's recap what we understand
Your summary should identify the following (when possible): - Type / title / author /source / publication date - Main topic - Perspective or point of view - 3 main ideas or events (that include "who", "where", "when", what")
PRACTICE
The Changing tastes in Britain, Keith Floyd, 2005
Let's apply what we have just learned : - Identify Who / Where / When / What by highlighting the elements on your text - Recap what you have understood.
WHO
WHERE
- Once (past)
- In the fifties / a few years after the Second World War (= in the 50s = in the 1950s) - In the sixties (= in the 60s = in the 1960s)WHEN
WHAT
- Lexical field of food and drinks
- British food (fish and chips, marmelade) - foreign food (spaghetti, tuna fish , clams, pizza, curry, turtle soup, duck à l'orange, dover sole picasso, sushi, tapas, prawn soup / red wine, sake, ...)WHAT
- happened?
- British food was considered inferior - it was kicked out the kitchen while foreign food exploded- is happening?
- talented cooks explain how to cook and enjoy - Britain is a paradise of gastronomy- will happen?
- you can eat around the world (in 2008, say...)Changing tastes in Britain - Recap
The document is ..... . It is entitled ..... . It is an excerpt from ..... written by ..... and published in ..... It deals with / It is about ..... The author tells us about/ that / how ..... in ..... from ..... until ..... He explains that / how ..... The author's aim is to .....
The document is an article. It is entitled "the changing tastes in Britain". It is an excerpt from "the changing tastes in Britain Presentation Pack" written by Keith Floyd, a famous Birtish Chef and published in 2005. It deals with / It is about food diversity and gastronomy in Britain. The author tells us about the evolution of British food from the 1950s until the present day (i.e. 2005). He explains that with the arrival of people from all over the world and thanks to the promotion on a great variety of media of the ways to enjoy food and cooking, Britsh food no longer has a bad reputation and has become a paradise of gastronomy. The author's aim is to promote British cuisine and gastronomy.