1. READING STRATEGIES AND SKILLS
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ‘UNSEEN’ ARTICLE

2. The process of reading consists of 2 stages:
PREVIEWING THE ARTICLE
and
CLOSE READING

3. Here you try to get the clues to text development
TO PREVIEW means:
To read the TITLE and the SUBTITLE carefully
Here you try to get the clues to text development

4. TO PREVIEW also means:
To SKIM for overall idea, general impression and text structure

5. Finally,TO PREVIEW means:
TO SCAN for outstanding and specific information

6. You have got familiar with major components and concepts of the articles, therefore, while you are skimming and scanning, highlight them:

7. Definitions
Descriptions
Examples
Opinions
Irony and Humor
Praise and Criticism
Evidence and Facts
Conclusions and Summary

8. CLOSE READING means:
Intensive word for word reading for required information
Here you should highlight important statements and key words to the development of the article as a whole

9. THE WORD LEVEL
Identify the function of the word in the sentence -what PART of SPEECH the word is

10. THE WORD LEVEL
You also identify the meaning of PREFIXES and SUFFIXES - using the form of the word as a clue to its meaning

11. THE WORD LEVEL
You may also get the meaning of the word using the context of the article - finding DEFINITIONS and EXPLANATIONS within the text

12. THE WORD LEVEL
You get the meaning of the unknown word with the help of a DICTIONARY

13. THE SENTENCE LEVEL
Pay attention to the form of the VERB used in the sentence, this may help you to identify the logical structure of the whole sentence

14. THE SENTENCE LEVEL
Divide a Compound or a Complex sentence into several Simple sentences

15. THE SENTENCE LEVEL Look for the following logical CONNECTIONS :
Cause and Effect
Addition
Condition
Contrast and Concession
Purpose
Conclusion and Summation

16. THE PARAGRAPH LEVEL
Identify the main sentence that carries a key idea of the paragraph

17. THE PARAGRAPH LEVEL
Try to identify a rhetorical structure , a purpose, or a function of the paragraph within the whole text:
Is the paragraph an example?
an opinion? a summary? etc.

18. THE PARAGRAPH LEVEL
If you need to INFER the information from the paragraph, you should look for the contextual clues:
Past-present
Positive-negative

19. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR
EXAMS!