BDA READING TECHNIQUES Katherine Henriquez Universidad de las Americas.

What are BDA´s? BDA´s are techniques used to activate what we already know. The meaning of BDA is: Before –During- After

How do I use them? Before: Here, we answer the following questions: What do I know? What do I want to learn? What the text will be about? What does the title tells me?

Tips Write questions about the title. Write what the pictures make you think about the text. Choose a word from the title and write the first thing that comes to your mine. Write a paragraph about what you think the text will be about.

During: Answers the following questions: What do I think will happen next? Does this make sense? How…? What would happen if…? What have I learned so far? I am curious about…? Search for main and secondary ideas

Tips On the right side of your text write your thoughts about the text; on the left write the main ideas of the text. Highlight the main ideas of the text. Circle the words you do not know. Re-read the text. A text to be understood must be read at least 3 times.

After Answers the following questions: What did I learn? What was the main idea? Why did the author write this? What do I still want to know? What is my opinion of?

Tips Tell your classmate what you understood. Answer the questions you wrote Before starting to read. Write a summary about what you read. Search the meaning of the words you do not know. Check with your classmates if your main ideas were the same as theirs.

Activity 1 ° write what the pictures tell you about the text.

Read the text and apply the during techniques previously given. Activity 2 Read the text and apply the during techniques previously given.

C Activity 3 Develop items: Vocabulary Words that go together Understanding the reading Remembering details. Making inferences.

Now, it shouldn’t be so hard to read.