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Reading in English as Second Language (ESL) is made for those who want to enhance their reading skills by learning reading strategies and completing reading practice exercises. We’ve created and collected resources to help with reading-related issues you may encounter while in college as well in your professional career.
Most reading comprehension tests will use several different kinds of questions. Being able to identify the type of question will help you figure out the answer. Types of Reading Questions Strategies for Taking Cloze Reading Tests English Club - English Reading Skills. External link
The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having his tonsils taken out. His throat hurt, and he was scared. However, the young nurse standing by his bed smiled so cheerfully that the little boy smiled back. He forgot to be afraid....
Many standardized tests for reading use the cloze method. This method gives an essay, article, or paragraph, then students have to fill in the correct word based on the content of the writing piece. Usually students are given four choices. One choice is the best...
The SQ4R reading method improves both comprehension and grades. Survey Question Read Recite Relate Review Before you read the chapter, to get an overview of what lies ahead, survey: The title, headings, and subheadings. Captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps. Review questions or teacher-made...
Here are some strategies to use while reading to help you understand and retain information. This webpage has included mapping strategies, since these can be used in either the writing or the reading process. SQ4R Reading Strategies KWLH Reading Strategies Questioning Strategies These strategies can...
Name ______________________________ Evaluator____________________________ Score _______________________________ Accuracy: Is all of the information on the map correct? (The information can only be taken from the article.) Yes __________ No __________ Explain:___________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Completeness: Does the map show the main idea, supporting ideas and the most important details?...
Mapping is a process of reorganizing and rearranging (moving) the most important ideas and information from your reading or textbook and converting it into a diagram with your own words to help you understand and remember what you read. Because mapping makes it easier to...
The K-W-L-H teaching technique is a good method to help students draw on prior knowledge and add it to that understanding as they read and reflect. The K-W-L-H stands for: K: What students KNOW about the subject. W: What they WANT to learn. L: What...
Questioning skills refer to your ability to formulate and respond to questions about situations, objects, concepts, and ideas. There are two levels of questions: low-level questions and high-level questions. Questioning strategies are useful to instructors for effectively planning class participation activities, for designing homework assignments,...
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Thomas Edison Sophia Fowler Gallaudet Douglas Craig John Lewis Clarke Angels of Mercy Erastus Smith Laurent Clerc William E. Hoy Juliette Low All readings adapted from "Interesting Deaf Americans." Washington, DC: Gallaudet University. Gallaudet Pets Shirley Allen: Follow Every Rainbow Adapted from Living Legends. Butte...
Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He became a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America's first school for the deaf. Laurent Clerc was born in a small village...
In October, 1961, at Crowley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, an old, deaf gentleman named William E. Hoy stood up to toss out the first ball of the World Series. Most people at Crowley Field on that day probably did not remember Hoy because he had...
Most people do not know that Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of America, was deaf. She began to lose her hearing when she was 17, and became almost totally deaf in her adulthood. Juliette Gordon was born on October 31, 1860,...
Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be a dark place. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200...
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet was the deaf wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, who founded the first permanent public school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. She did not allow her deafness to prevent her from leading a full life. She was educated, raised a family, ran...
Most people don't know the true story of the little boy who came to be known as Douglas Craig. He was found wandering around the streets of Washington, D.C. He could not hear or speak. He did not know his name or how old he...
In Glacier National Park, which is in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, there once roamed a little deaf Indian boy. He loved to wander in the forest, and made friends with the animals who lived there. Since he loved animals, he would observe them intently...
One of the largest counties in Texas is named for Captain Erastus "Deaf" Smith, a deaf man. Captain Smith was the leader of General Sam Houston's scouts during the Texas Revolution, the war in which Texas won its freedom from Mexico. The county named in...
There are six kinds of reading questions: Comprehension Detail Questions Following Directions Questions Main Idea Questions Inference Sequence Below are patterns for each, including a description, the typical phrases or language we see in text or on tests, and strategies to help identify the kind...