Reading comprehension
About the Lecture
The lecture Reading comprehension by Tim Aghotor is from the course Legal English (EN). It contains the following chapters:
- Reading Comprehension
- Ways to Active Reading
- The Usage of Keywords
- The Relation between Topic, Scope and Purpose
- The Main Idea of a Text
- Creating a Road Map of a Text
- Summary
Included Quiz Questions
What is true about reading strategic?
- It can be used for all types of reading.
- It is the ability to step back from a piece of prose and carefully evaluate it.
- You have to read the prose actively .
- "Getting through a passage" may help you to understand the text at least.
How do you accomplish strategic reading?
- Paraphrase the key ideas.
- Connect abstract ideas to your own, you should be able to step back from a piece of prose and evaluate it.
- You have to attack and not simply read.
- You simply read the text from beginning to end.
What is a topic?
- It is the broad area which the author wants to speak about.
- It is the limited area which the author wants to speak about.
- Topic is a title.
- None of these answers is true.
What is the scope of a text?
- It is the limited area that the author is interested in.
- It is the broad area that the author is interested in.
- It is the depth of the text.
- It is the meaning of the text.
- It is the title of the text.
What are the basic principles of reading comprehension?
- The topic.
- The scope.
- The purpose.
- The main idea.
- The words.
What is an argument in logical reasoning?
- It is the ability to understand any piece of text in which the author puts forward a point of view and attempts to support that opinion.
- It is the bickering of two aggressive people e.g. a couple.
- It is a structural word.
- It is a signal word.
Author of lecture Reading comprehension
Tim Aghotor
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