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Select a text. Think of age, level and interest.
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. Create interest in the topic of the text; use visuals, personalisation, brainstorming ideas and knowledge.
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Pre- teach vocabulary that is essential for understanding the text (not always needed)

1. Set a gist task which tests global understanding of the text.
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For reading, let the students read silently; set a time limit so they read quickly and concentrate on the gist task.
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Let students check their answers in pairs or groups.
2. Set a specific information task to prompt more intensive reading. Allow sufficient time. Offer help if necessary.
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Let students check their answers in pairs or groups before the whole class feedback.
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Whole class feedback/check answers. Refer back to the text to solve problems. It’s helpful to number the lines in the text to help everyone to find information/words during the feedback.

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Set follow-up task based on something related to the text;
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This could be: a language focussed task (grammar, vocab) a discussion based on the topic, a role play based on the situation or characters in the text, a written task which uses the text as a model or as a prompt