目录

  • 1 Course Introduction
    • 1.1 Course Introduction
    • 1.2 Classwork Activities
    • 1.3 Short Stories: The Empty Pot
    • 1.4 Homework
  • 2 Unit 1 - University Life
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Word Pretest
    • 2.3 Reading Skill 1
    • 2.4 Text 2
    • 2.5 Conclusion
  • 3 Unit 2 - Culture Shock
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Word Pretest
    • 3.3 Text 1: Making a Cultural Change
    • 3.4 Review: Reading Skill 1
    • 3.5 Short Story 2
  • 4 Unit 3 - Movies
    • 4.1 Unit Introduction
    • 4.2 Word Pretest
    • 4.3 Vocabulary Building
    • 4.4 Text 2: How to Watch a Movie
    • 4.5 Short Films
    • 4.6 Homework
  • 5 Unit 5 - Food
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Word Pretest
    • 5.3 Vocabulary
    • 5.4 Text 1: A Food Tour of the United States
    • 5.5 Reading Skill 2
    • 5.6 Conclusion
  • 6 Textbook
    • 6.1 PDF
  • 7 Unit 6 - Shyness
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Word Pretest
    • 7.3 Text 1: Overcoming Shyness
    • 7.4 Conclusion
  • 8 Unit 7 - Physical Fitness
    • 8.1 Introduction
    • 8.2 Word Pretest
    • 8.3 Text 1: Eight Myths About Physical Fitness
    • 8.4 Conclusion
  • 9 Midterm Review
    • 9.1 Review
    • 9.2 Word Pretest
    • 9.3 Reading Skills
    • 9.4 Exam Information and Rules
  • 10 Unit 8 - Sports
    • 10.1 Introduction
    • 10.2 Word Pretest
    • 10.3 Text
    • 10.4 Conclusion
  • 11 Unit 10 - Psychology
    • 11.1 Introduction
    • 11.2 Word Pretest
    • 11.3 Reading Skill 3
    • 11.4 Text 1: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
    • 11.5 Conclusion
  • 12 Unit 9 - Festivals & Holidays
    • 12.1 Introduction
    • 12.2 Word Pretest
    • 12.3 Reading Skill 3 More Practice
    • 12.4 Text
    • 12.5 Conclusion
  • 13 Final Review
    • 13.1 Review
    • 13.2 Word Pretest
    • 13.3 Reading Skills
    • 13.4 Practice 1
    • 13.5 Practice 2
    • 13.6 Textbook
    • 13.7 Final Words
  • 14 FINAL EXAM
    • 14.1 Information
  • 15 Holiday English
    • 15.1 Introduction
    • 15.2 Books
    • 15.3 Documents
    • 15.4 Websites
    • 15.5 Movies / TV
Reading Skill 1
  • 1 Context Clues
  • 2 PPT




Reading Skills


The reading skills will be the primary skills that we study this semester.  It is very important you learn these skills well.  They will be very important through our course and on the final exam.  We will study three reading skills throughout this semester.  Today, we will begin with the first one.  


Context Clues to Word Meaning


Open your textbook to Pages 1-2,  and read the entire article.



Now that you have finished reading the article, go ahead and watch this video about the first reading skills: Context Clues to Word Meaning.


Teacher Gordan will help us look at the reading skill.