Foundation year
WEEK THREE
English Language
Reading - ENGL 102
Lecturer: Ola Ahmed Refaat
Academic year 2015 / 2016
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Points to be covered this week:
 Reading “An Apple A Day”. (p. 273 + 274)
 Previewing. (Ex. 1 + 2 + 4 p. 103 + 104 + 110)
 Making Inferences. (Ex. 1 + 3 p. 137 + 139)
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Previewing:
 Previewing simply means looking over your reading
material in order to become familiar with its content
before you actually begin reading it. In this way, you begin
thinking about any experiences you may have had with the
subject.
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Four steps to follow when
Previewing:
1. Read the title. It will give you the topic or subject of the
reading passage.
2. Read the first paragraph. It will give you the main idea of
the reading selection.
3. Read the last paragraph. It sums up what the author has to
say.
4. Move your eyes quickly over the passage. As you glance
over the material, note any key words that might give you
additional information about the main idea.
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Common previewing questions:
 When you preview, you ask yourself questions about the
passage. Such as:
 What is it? (Is it an email message, a news article, apiece
of fiction, etc?)
 Who wrote it and who is it for?
 What is it about?
 How long is it?
 Is it difficult or easy to read?
 Is it interesting or useful?
 What will come next?
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Making Inferences:
 An Inference is a kind of guess. When you read a
passage or see a picture, you get information from it.
Then you can make an Inference (guess) about other
information and ideas that are not in the passage.
e.g.:
 A friend from London is supposed to arrive by plane this
afternoon. You hear that there are terrible snow storms
in London. You make an inference from this:
 Planes will probably not be able to fly out of London,
and your friend won’t come today.
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Assignment:
 Ex. (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9) p. 206
 Ex. (6 + 7 + 8 + 9) p.112
215
115.
 Ex. (2 + 4) p. 138 + 140.
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References:
1. Reading Power 2 [Fourth Edition].
2. Some internet sites, such as ISL collective.com, K12
Reader (Reading Instruction Resources), Cambridge
University Press, and English For Everyone.org.
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