... Most children learn their first languages easily.
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One of the main sources for the spreading of news and events throughout the world is ... war.
4. "Mother's Day" was first named "Mother's Friendship Day"
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Reading 9
My village is about 50 kilometers (1)………………………….the city center. It is a very beautiful ... be seen through TV.
3. There is no entertainment program on TV.
4. Everyone likes watching TV.
Reading 6
I believe that it is (1) to wear uniforms when students are at school. Firstly ,(2) encourage...
... 1924
(b) during the 1900s immigrants numbered 1 percent of the total population
Section Three: ReadingComprehension (3)
Questions 1-11
Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”,...
...
exploring readingcomprehension tests as a
research problem and an evaluation method for
language understanding systems. Such tests can
take the form of standardized multiple-choice
diagnostic reading ... see Figure 1.
Reading comprehension tests are interesting
because they constitute "found" test material:
these tests are created in order to evaluate
children's reading skills, ...
short-answer and multiple choice tests.
3 System Architecture
The process of taking short-answer reading
comprehension tests can be broken down into the
following subtasks:
Extraction of information...
...
clocks of Concord?
(a) lines 5-9
(b) lines 10-14
(c) lines 15-19
(d) lines 20-25
Section Three: ReadingComprehension (4)
Questions 1-10
Baseball evolved from a number of different ball-and-stick ... was a revolutionary thinker
Questions 21-30
The human criterion for perfect vision is 20/20 for reading the standard lines on a
Snellen eye chart without a hitch. The score is determined by how...
... weak readingcomprehension is to promote our reading
habbit and skills through understanding main benefits of reading completely.
2.1.4 Types of reading and Reading rates:
Scanning type of reading: ... of reading has the
reading speed at between 800 to 1,000 wpm.
Light type of reading: Reading for leisure tends to be light reading. This
refers to reading at a pace which feels comfortable, reading ...
words in reading comprehension. First of all, in this study, the author has
presented an overview of readingcomprehension in order to make the study
clearly and persuasive. Reading comprehension...
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Posttest
The posttest consists of a series of reading passages with questions that follow to test your comprehension.
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Grunge Music and American Popular Culture
The ... POSTTEST–
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... adult-like manner.
Summary
Active reading is the first essential step to comprehen-
sion. Why? Because active reading forces you to really
see what you’re reading, to look closely at what’s there.
Like ... you’re taking a standardized test, you’ll
probably have to answer readingcomprehension ques-
tions that ask about the facts in a reading passage.
These facts are not always easy to determine, especially
if ... postal
service.
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... Indirect learning strategies
(Adapted from Oxford 1990:18-20)
We can see the details of learning strategies from the above table. In this study, we only
chose five specific strategies of CS to ... the time limitation, although CS have a lot of sub -strategies as well as
specific strategies, the researcher only introduced five specific strategies that were suitable
with the researcher’s ... number and range of
strategies used, in how the strategies were applied to the task, and in whether they were
appropriate for the task” (p.166). Therefore, teaching learning strategies is especially...
... of reading in general and reading
comprehension in particular, types of reading and teaching reading comprehension.
1.1. Theoretical background of reading comprehension
1.1.1 Definitions of reading.
The ... strategies (William, 1984:37)
1.2.3.1 The pre- reading stage
In a reading lesson, the pre- reading stage is an important one because it creates
motivation and positive attitude towards the reading ... read.
1.2.3 The three stages of a reading lesson.
A reading lesson can be divided into three stages which are pre- reading stage, while-
reading stage and post- reading stage. Each of these stages...
... How?
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... Types of reading.
We read different texts in different ways. According to the way of reading, we have
aloud reading and silent reading. Depending on the purpose of reading, we can classify
reading ...
reading into skimming, scanning, intensive reading and extensive reading.
1.1.4.1 According to the ways of reading.
1.1.4.1.1 Aloud reading
Aloud reading is an unnatural activity because most ... introduce some suitable reading
materials to students, as it is useful for them to form a good habit of reading.
1.2 Teaching reading comprehension
1.2.1 Relationship between reading and other skills.
In...
... some ss to speak out their
answer T checks and gives feedback.
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... Activities
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1. WARM-UP: draw and guess
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2. TASK 1
PRE -READING:
Pre-teach
Vocabulary :
- fume (c.n): khí thải
- oil spill: sự tràn dầu
- damage (unc.n): ... (unc.n): sự thiệt hại
- affect (v): ảnh hưởng
- solution (unc.n): sự giải quyết
Set the scene
WHILE -READING:
A/. True/ false statements
* Key : a. T b. T c. F d. T e.F f. F
B/. answer the questions
*...