Language Skills: Reading and Writing Flashcards
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What is 'scanning' as a reading strategy?
Answer: Moving the eyes quickly over a text to locate specific information such as a name, date, or keyword
Scanning is a fast, targeted strategy used to find specific details without reading the entire text.
What is 'skimming' as a reading strategy?
Answer: Reading quickly to get the gist or main idea without attending to every word
Skimming involves rapid reading to grasp the overall meaning or structure of a text, rather than understanding every detail.
What is 'intensive reading' in TEFL?
Answer: Careful, close reading of a short text to understand language, meaning, and details fully
Intensive reading involves detailed attention to a text's language and meaning, often with tasks that require precise comprehension.
In writing instruction, what is 'process writing'?
Answer: An approach that focuses on stages: brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing rather than just the final product
Process writing treats writing as recursive — planning, drafting, peer feedback, revising, and editing — mirroring how skilled writers actually work.
What is a 'genre approach' to writing in TEFL?
Answer: Teaching students to understand and reproduce the conventions, structure, and language of specific text types
The genre approach teaches the social purpose and typical features of text types (e.g., formal email, report, narrative) so students can write appropriately in context.
What does 'cohesion' refer to in a written text?
Answer: The linguistic links between sentences and paragraphs, such as pronouns, conjunctions, and reference devices
Cohesion is the 'glue' of a text — devices like 'however', 'this', 'the former' that connect ideas and create a smooth, unified text.