skimming - Reading a passage quickly to grasp the main idea (or gist), scanning - Reading a passage quickly to find specific information, Contextual guessing - Making guesses about the meaning of words by looking at the surrounding words or situation, cloze exercise - Fill-in-the blank exercise, in which some words are omitted, designed to measure how well the reader understands how a text is linked together., outlining - Note-taking technique designed to help the reader see the overall organisation of a text., paraphrasing - The ability to say or write ideas in other words; measures reader’s understanding of the main ideas of a text., scrambled stories or jigsaw reading - the reader re-orders the mixed up pieces of text to show he understands how a text fits together., information transfer - Exercise which requires readers to transfer information from the text into another form or related text or drawing (e.g. filling in a chart, tracing a route on a map); designed to measure comprehension., making inferences - Reading between the lines: the reader understands what is meant but not stated in the passage., intensive reading - reading carefully for complete, detailed comprehension (e.g. main ideas, details, vocabulary)., extensive reading - Reading widely in order to improve reading comprehension, reading speed and vocabulary., passage completion - Finishing a reading passage (orally or in writing); involves predicting a logical or suitable conclusion based on a thorough understanding of the text,

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