Worksheet: Reading skills

Unit 2 Education and lifelong learning

Subject English Grade 1ºA-1ºB
Teacher Lesly Vallejos Barra Date:

Student’s name
Aim • Demonstrate comprehension of general and specific information from a text.

Instructions • Read carefully this worksheet according to the instructions to your teacher.
• Work individually o with your classmate according to the instructions of your teacher.
• Don’t use your mobile phone

I. Read this text and answer the questions.

Tips to Improve Your Learning

Study Tip 1:_________________________________

It is one of the simplest and best known study tips. It’s easy to
highlight the most significant parts of what you’re reading while
omitting the irrelevant ones. You should use a highlighter to identify
the irreplaceable aspects only after you read for the second time and
mark only one key sentence per paragraph and a few important
phrases here and there.

Study Tip 2:_________________________________

Essentially the aim of note-taking is to summarize lectures or

articles in your own words so that you can easily remember the
ideas. In most cases, the key is to summarize the content as quickly
as possible while not leaving out any key information.

Study Tip 3:_________________________________

A good mind map can save you many hours of study and organize
information for your exams.
Mind maps can be used for brainstorming, writing essays or study
topics and for general
exam preparation.

Study Tip 4:_________________________________

Using picture cards or flashcards is a particularly effective method of

learning when trying to assimilate different facts, dates, formulas or
vocabulary. Subjects such as History, Physics, Chemistry and
Geography are made much easier if you incorporate flashcards.
Picture cards are a good way to learn new vocabulary.
Study Tip 5:_________________________________

This is another study technique that is ideal for studying in groups.

Brainstorming is a great way to expand every possible idea out of
any topic. Just get a bunch of friends together. There are no wrong
answers when brainstorming - just talk and capture the ideas; you
can review afterward.

Study Tip 6:_________________________________

Organizing your study is one of the most effective study skills and, ironically also one of the most often
overlooked. Creating a study timetable gives you goals, ends
irresponsibility and sets the time in which to study. Having a
study timetable as you study is greatly motivational.

In short, we can use any of the above techniques to help make

our study process more effective and easier. You can choose any
of them depending on the type of result you want to achieve.
There are no right or wrong study techniques – you just select
the one that is the most adequate for your purpose. Some of
them are better to study sets and lists, others help us organize
our habits better, while others simply provide us with the
correct ideas.

I. Look at the pictures that illustrate these tips and choose one title for each tip. Then, read the article and
confirm or correct your ideas. (There is one extra title you do not need to use).

a. A rainfall of ideas

b. Only what’s important

c. A good order of ideas

d. Associating concepts

e. Making your own study notes

f. Using images

g. Getting into the habit

II. Choose the best alternative for each question.

1. What is the purpose of the text?

a. To warn.

b. To criticize.

c. To instruct.

d. To describe.

2. In which tip (1 - 6) can you find a reference to...

a. ________using a highlighter?

b. ________summarizing key ideas?

c. ________the technique being a good tool for language study?

d. ________organizing information for exams?

 II. Answer these questions.

1.How would you apply any of the ideas to your studies and / or life?

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2.What other ways to improve the learning process in English would you use?

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3.How can you apply this information in everyday life?

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4.Think of a situation where you had to learn something very fast. Did you use a special technique to help you?
Which one? Was it useful?

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III. Do the following quiz and find your learning style. Then, share your results in your group and
comment on them. Circle the best answer for each question.

1. If I have to learn how to do something, I learn best when I:

a. watch someone to show me how.

b. hear someone tell me how.

c. try to do it myself.

2. When I spell, I verify accuracy by:

a. looking at the word to see if it looks correct.

b. sounding the word out in my head.

c. getting a feeling about the correctness of the spelling.

3. When asked to give directions, I:

a. see the actual places in my mind as I say them or prefer to draw them.

b. have no difficulty giving them verbally.

c. have to point or move my body as I give them.

4. When I have to remember a list of items, I remember them best if I:

a. write them down.

b. repeat them over and over to myself.

c. move around and use my fingers to name each item.

5. When solving a problem, I:

a. write or draw diagrams to see it.

b. talk myself through it.

c. use and/or move objects to help me think.

6. When I am adding numbers, I verify my answer by:

a. looking at the numbers to see if they are correct.

b. counting the numbers in my head or out loud.

c. using my fingers to get a feeling if it is correct.

7. When trying to recall names, I remember:

a. Faces more easily than names.

b. Names more easily than faces.

c. The situation or the meeting more easily than names or faces.

8. Before going to sleep at night, I appreciate that:

a. The room is dark.

b. The room is quiet.

c. The bed feels comfortable

RESULTS.

Write in how many of your answers was each of the following letter choices:

a: ____________________________b:________________________ c:_____________________

Interpretation:

If you had mostly a’s, then you are a visual learner.

• Sit in the front of the class or meeting so you can see everything.

• Sketch course content. Even the simplest sketch can help you remember ideas.

• List your tasks – even the ones you have completed – just to have the satisfaction of visually crossing out
tasks done.

• Write notes on your favorite colored sticky-notes to help you remember and paste them around your room.

• A tidy desk may help in clearing your mind to be able to study better.

• Write yourself encouraging notes and post them where you can see them.

• Create mind maps, flowcharts, or other graphic organizers.

If you had mostly b’s, then you are an auditory learner.

• Record the class session and listen to it later for reference and repetition. It may also help if you listen

to it casually while walking to class or before falling asleep.

• Read your textbook and notes aloud as you study. You could even record them as you do so.

• Teach yourself to read aloud in your mind without making sound. During exams, you can hear the test
questions as well as see them.

• Study with a partner or in a group. When studying with others, you can hear what they say, and hear yourself
teaching them as well. This will reinforce your understanding of the material.

• Proofread your assignments out loud.

If you had mostly c’s, then you are a kinesthetic learner.

• Sit where you can actively participate in classroom events and discussions.

• Take notes creatively. For instance, draw quick pictures in class that relates to the material

being taught.

• Ask and answer questions before, during, and after class.

• Make models of the concepts whenever possible.

• Move around while you are studying. For instance, you can simply walk around in your room.

• Study on a whiteboard. Draw flowcharts, mind maps, or simply rewrite the notes.

• Incorporate pictures of models, if possible.

• Make physical comfort a priority as you study.

• Make note cards and create sample tests that you can take for review.

2. Underline three learning tips you found useful in the interpretation section of the quiz. Then, write down
two more tips of your own.

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