Practice Reading Different Kinds of Texts
Reading Tips for Improving your Skills:
- Pick a text
- FIRST, scan for gist: read the first line or two of each paragraph and note down in 5-6 words what the paragraph is about.
- SECOND, read each paragraph in more detail. Do you understand generally what is going on?
- THIRD, underline phrases or words you do not know and find their meaning.
- FOURTH, WRITE YOUR OWN SENTENCES: use the new vocabulary or language you just learned in your own sentence. This helps you REMEMBER it for future use!
| Source | Links |
| Humanosphere | http://www.humanosphere.org/global-health/2017/05/unfounded-vaccine-fears-fuel-measles-outbreak-in-minnesota/ |
| Humanosphere | http://www.humanosphere.org/global-health/2017/03/chinas-oldest-living-longer-fewer-disabilities-not-healthier/ |
| American Occupational Therapy Association | https://www.aota.org/-/media/Corporate/Files/AboutOT/consumers/Adults/Stroke/Stroke%20Tip%20Sheet.pdf |
| American Association of Family Physicians | http://www.aafp.org/journals/afp.html |
| Institute of Work and health | https://www.iwh.on.ca/research |
| World Health Organisation | http://www.who.int/topics/en/ |
| New English Journal of Medicine | http://www.nejm.org/ |