1. Reading
Culture Shock

2. Aims and Objectives Aims To introduce different strategies for reading
To practice skimming and scanning skills - reading for gist and key information
To practice reading for detail
To practice writing a summary
Objectives
To locate specific information
To identify the gist of a text
To demonstrate comprehension of the text about the impact of culture shock
To summarise

3. Do you find reading English texts difficult, average or easy?

4. Reading Skills Reading is an important part of learning English.
This lesson will explain different strategies to help you develop your reading skills and give you the opportunity
to practice these skills.
We will look at:
Skimming
Scanning
Reading for detail
Guessing words from context

5. Reading Skills – What is Reading?
Reading is simply knowing that certain letters form particular words, and remembering and understanding these words that you have previously seen. For Example: What are these letters? A H T They can also be H A T = hat When reading we use our eyes to see the letters and then convert them into words, sentences and paragraphs.

6. Reading for Gist - Skimming
Reading for gist – also known as skimming.
Reading to understand the general idea or main points of the text
Read the text quickly – don’t stop to try and understand every word
Read the text from start to finish – but not every word
Look for: key words, words in bold, headings & titles, pictures
Focus on information from the first and last sentences of a paragraph but look over the whole text

7. Skimming Example
When looking for a book to read, you might read the title, look at the picture on the front of the book and quickly read the story on the back to find out the general storyline and then decide if you want to read it.

8. Reading for Specific Information - Scanning
Reading for specific information – also known as scanning.
Scanning – more searching, less reading
Used to locate information quickly
You already know what you are looking for
You are searching for specific information and ignoring everything else
Look for: keywords, numbers, names, headings & titles

9. Scanning Example
When looking for a specific word in a dictionary for example the word ‘research’, you wouldn’t read the whole dictionary to find the word to understand the meaning. You would start by looking for words starting with the letter R and the Re.

10. Reading for Detail Read the text slowly
You need to understand the vocabulary
Look for keywords
Underline or highlight important words or phrases as you are reading
Question what you are reading - to check that you have understood
Guess meaning of words from context – words you understand around the words you don’t know
Look for synonyms – different words with the same meaning

11. Guessing Words from Context
You won’t understand every word that you read
It is important to try and guess the meaning of some words so you can understand the sentence or text
You can do this by looking at the other words in the sentence

12. Guessing words from Context Example
Our football team has lost all its games this year. Tom is a very good footballer. It would be beneficial if he joined the team, we might win some games
Can you guess the meaning of beneficial?
Our football team has lost all its games this year = we know that they are not doing very well
Tom is a very good footballer
If he joins the team they might win some games = make the team better
Beneficial = helpful

13. Task 1
You are now going to read an article ‘Facing Culture Shock’ and practice reading for gist, specific information and detail.
Arrival/Facing-culture-shock
Answer the questions and send them back to me. Don’t forget to answer the questions in full sentences.

14. Writing a Summary Definition:
Summary - a short statement that gives only the main points of something, not the details
A summary:
talks about the main ideas from the original text
uses different language from the original – use your own words
Is shorter than the original text
doesn’t include your own thoughts and opinions on the subject
Don’t forget to let the reader know the text that you are summarizing. Give details that identify the title, author in your first sentence

15. Task 2
Write a 150 word summary of the text ‘Facing Culture Shock’. Send it back to me for marking.

16. Reflection Answer these questions.
What reading skills have we practiced in this lesson?
How will these skills help you in your future studies?
How confident do you feel about using these reading skills?

17. Online Lesson In your online lesson you will:
practise speaking about culture shock
revise the vocabulary from this lesson
collaborate with the other student’s to decided on your top tips to cope with culture shock
have the opportunity to ask questions and moving to the UK

18. References
Craven, M (2005) Quizzes, Questionnaires and Puzzles, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
English Club (2017) What is Reading? Available at: (Accessed 12/10/2017)
Gaite, P (2017) Skills: Reading Lesson 6, (PowerPoint Presentation Slides), Pre- sessional Cardiff Metropolitan University, ELTC, August 2017 (Accessed 12/10/2017)
Oxford Learner’s Dictionary (2017) Definition – summary. Available at: q=summary (Accessed 12/10/2017)
TESL Journal (2017) Conversation Questions Cultural Shock and Adapting to Canada. Available at: (Accessed 12/10/2017)
UKCISA (2017) Facing Culture Shock. Available at: Arrival/Facing-culture-shock (Accessed 12/10/2017)