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2.6 Reading Comprehension Extensive reading
German · Grade 11 · 8 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Extensive reading for enjoyment and general understanding
- Reading comprehension: main ideas and supporting details
- Reading and interpreting texts about banking services
- Reading texts about world currencies and exchange rates
- Reading texts about services at the post office
- Sequencing parts of a text and matching subtitles to texts
What you will be able to do
- interpret the main information from a reading text
- utilise the information interpreted in a given language situation
- acknowledge the role of extensive reading in communication
- read and put parts of a text in the correct order
- match subtitles to texts
Key questions
“What is the importance of extensive reading in language learning?”
“How does reading comprehension improve competence in language learning?”
Lessons
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Extensive and intensive reading
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizTell extensive reading from intensive reading and say what reading comprehension is.
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Strategies for reading comprehension
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizFind the main idea, the details and the inferred meaning in a German text.
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Reading a text about the bank
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead a German bank text and interpret the services it describes.
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Reading a text about the post office
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead a German post office text and interpret the activities it describes.
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World currencies and exchange rates
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead texts about currencies and exchange rates and interpret a rate table.
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Ordering texts and matching subtitles
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPut the parts of a text in order and match subtitles to texts.
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Extensive reading and a reading log
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead widely for pleasure and keep a reading log to track progress.
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Using the reading strategies
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizApply the right strategy before, during and after reading.