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Reading strategies

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Created on May 26, 2026

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Reading strategies

Goal: Identification of goal(s)

Pre-reading

Activating prior knowledge

Previewing

Predicting

Survey the overall structure of the text.

Anticipate and formulate hypotheses about vocabulary, content, arguments or structure.

Recall and reuse information learnt in the past.

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

  • Build a semantic map
  • Analyze text features
  • Examine visuals
  • Spot keywords
  • Preview vocabulary
  • Make connections with prior knowledge

Goal: Creation of a reading plan

Reading

Skimming

Clarifying

Visualizing

Identify main idea of the text.

Verify one's comprehension of the text.

Create mental images of scenes, situations or concepts described in the text.

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

Description

  • Chunk / segment the text
  • Set a time target for reading a section of the text
  • Annotate
  • Take notes
  • Analyze context clues
  • Complete a graphic organizer
  • Create a mind map

Recall and reuse information

Example activities

  • Make connections with prior knowledge

Confirming predictions

Inferring

Scanning

Find / locate specific information in the text.

Identify hidden messages or meaning in the text.

Confirm hypotheses about vocabulary, content, arguments or structure.

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

  • Highlight / underline / circle annotate
  • Make connections with prior knowledge
  • Paraphrase
  • Verify and complete the semantic map built during pre-reading

Goal: (Self-)Evaluation

Post-reading

Reflecting on info and arguments

Assessing

Assimilating

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Evaluate comprehension of the document.

Examine and evaluate critically the logic, quality and credibility of the text.

Combine new and previous information to form new understanding.

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

  • Create a quiz
  • Review and adjust annotations
  • complete the mind map with other (new) information
  • Summarize the main ideas of the text

Responding

(Self-) evaluation

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React to the text with one's personal opinion.

Evaluate effectiveness of reading processes and strategies.

Suggested activities

Suggested activities

  • Express one's opinion on the text
  • Debate in class
  • Applying information learnt in a different context