Download or read book READING BRAINWAVES 2 written by Smail Bezzazi and published by العبيكان للنشر. This book was released on 2010-05-19 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour of a Lesson PRE-READING introduces students to the theme of the reading. It does this by introductory pictures and asking questions about them to test their understanding of the vocabulary in the reading text. This is done through matching exercises and choosing the correct answers from a supplied list. READING TEXT focuses the students on the reading and requires students to reflect on their pre-reading activities when applicable. Students read silently first. They are not expected to understand every word; they should be encouraged to read for the general meaning and to use contextual clues and their university background knowledge to aid comprehension. Many of the readings are in the form of conversations involving many people. This gives the students the opportunity to perform role play and switch roles. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS provides students with an opportunity to read the whole text or parts of it while looking for specific information to answer a set of comprehension questions. In addition, students are asked to identify meanings of words and expressions in the reading text. This practice allows them to make inferences about meanings and asks them to demonstrate their comprehension of the readings in a variety of ways, such as using vocabulary in context. VOCABULARY & UNDERSTANDING introduces vocabulary in context. Students match different vocabulary items with their descriptions. This section tests students’ understanding of the readings by asking content questions. LANGUAGE FOCUS includes grammar in practice where students are asked to differentiate between grammatical structures and understand their functional usage. Students are also asked to provide written output in the form of linguistic structures which reflect the structures covered in the readings.