Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Explain the importance of prior knowledge when reading a text
• Describe the use of the ‘K-W-L-H’ chart to guide your learning
• Distinguish pre-reading strategies appropriate to the text to be read
• Identify the textual structural factors to consider when reading a text
• Select appropriate post-reading strategies to consolidate your learning
• Describe bottom-up, top-down and interactive reading approaches
• Identify the metacognitive skills involved in reading
• Contrast skimming and scanning techniques
• Explain the construction and use of the word ‘bank’
• Compare and contrast vocabulary mapping structures
• Describe the text-summarizing process