Expectations / Hypotheses: What expectations do you have about the content of the text? What vocabulary do you expect to encounter?
(Consider title, pictures, charts, graphs, illustrations, abstract or introduction, topic, genre [e.g., narrative fiction, research article, blog]
Scanned Reading: familiar words, content markers (e.g., keywords that indicate text organization, purpose of each paragraph, etc.)
Revised Expectations /
Hypotheses

Pre-Reading for Specific
Information: what very specific information questions can you ask about this text? (Who, What, When,
Where, Why, How)
Answers to questions
Translation Sentence New Vocabulary (only look up what interferes with your ability to answer questions

Reading for Detailed Comprehension: what general comprehension / opinion questions might you ask about this text? (e.g., According to the author ...., and what evidence is there for your answer? In your opinion, is the author correct and why/why not? How does the information of this topic enforce/change your own ideas or preconceptions about this topic and why/why not?)
Answers to questions

New Vocabulary (only look up what interferes with your ability to answer questions
Unusual grammatical
structures / phrases
(e.g., sentences which are constructed differently than in
English).
Translation
Literal Meaning
Sentence
English Meaning

Further Thoughts / Questions / Sentences or Phrases you Don't Understand

Expectations / Hypotheses: What expectations do you have about what you are going to hear? What vocabulary do you expect to encounter?
(Consider title, pictures, abstract or introduction, topic, genre [e.g., news alert, interview, talk show, comedy skit])
Gist Listening (quickly): familiar words, names, tone of voice
(attitude), images in video, etc.
Revised Expectations /
Hypotheses

Listening for key information: what very specific information questions can you ask about this audio/video? (Who, What, When,
Where, Why, How)
New Vocabulary
(write what you think you hear)
Answers to questions
Corrected Spelling
(try alternate spellings until can discover)
Translation

Reading for Detailed Comprehension: what general comprehension / opinion questions might you ask about this text? (e.g., According to the author ...., and what evidence is there for your answer? In your opinion, is the author correct and why/why not? How does the information of this topic enforce/change your own ideas or preconceptions about this audio/video and why/why not?)
Answers to questions

New Vocabulary
(only look up what interferes with your ability to answer questions
Unusual grammatical
structures / phrases
(e.g., sentences which are constructed differently than in
English).
"Corrected Spelling" English
Literal Meaning English Meaning

Further Thoughts / Questions / Sentences or Phrases you Don't Understand