Reading: things to do

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“Researching” and “teaching” are more effective for deep learning than “studying”.Find your own needs and capabilities.

Principles

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Doing easy reading builds basic reading skills.For specialized texts, an analytical approach works best.

Principles 2

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You should learn the Longman Defining Vocabulary as quickly as possible, because it constitutes about 60-80% of a text.

Working with words

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You should work on the Academic Word List using the AWL Highlighter and AWL Gapmaker, because the AWL combined with the LDV gives about 90% coverage of most texts.

Working with words

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If you don’t have much time, think about your priorities.If you know most of the LDV words, or if they don’t seem so important, you may want to concentrate on the AWL.

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After using the AWL Highlighter and Gapmaker a few times, you should try the Web Vocab Profiler.

Working with words 3: Web Vocab Profiler

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http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/textools/web_vp.htmlThis program color-codes the words in a text in 4 categories: top 1000, 2nd 1000, AWL, other

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A concordancer is a good tool for investigating the use of words within phrases and sentences.

Grammar & Phrases: Concordancing

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In other words, you can study grammar and vocabulary together.You can focus on aspects of a text that seem important to you.

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