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Language Skill :
Reading
IC BOOK Reading
:Section 4, Unit 17, p.
72, Unit 18, p.
76,
READING TIPS :
English Language
News
OIf ny oluinfined English-
Language new s difficult to understand
, try reading a
news story in your own language first, So
that you already know what its about.
Then go to english-language news
website and find the same stroy.
NEWSPA
PER
A newspaper is a serial publication which contains news
on current events of special or general interest. The
individual parts are listed chronologically or
numerically and appear frequently, usually at least once
a week but sometimes fortnightly or monthly.
Traditionally new spapers are printed on
new sprint paper, usually appear w ithout a cov er, folded
rather than bound together, w ith a masthead, and
are normally larger than 297 mm X 420 mm in size.
They may include supplements such as colour
magazines, or other inserts for special features or
ev ents.
 READING TIPS :
Topic
Sentences
Often, the first sentences of a paragraph
summarizes the rest of That paragraph. This is
very useful when you’re reading quickly
because sometimes you can just read the first
line of each paragraph to get the general idea
of what the text is about.
 MAGAZINE
S
magazine, also called periodical, a How to Reading Magazine Articles
printed or digitally published 1. read the articles v ery quickly
collection of texts (essays, articles, then
choose the best topic sentence(1-5)
stories, poems), often illustrated, for each paragraph (a-e)
that is produced at regular 2.look again at the words in bold and
intervals (excluding newspapers). choose the most likely meaning from
A brief treatment of magazines their context
follow s. A magazine is 3.Read the interview again and answer
a publication w ith a paper the question
covregularly,
which is issued er usually 4. use signposting language to link
every week or every month, and phrases and sentences
which contains articles, stories, (match together the w ords in
photographs, and advertisements. bold
ex planation in
Her face is on the cover of a )
dozen or more magazines.
MUSIC AND 1
MUSIC

TV
music can improve speech and reading skills by
increasing one's ability to distinguish between
different sounds and understand the patterns
of language. When people first learn to talk and
when they talk to babies they often use musical
patterns in their speech.

TELEVISION
Researcher Takeuchi found that the more TV the
2 kids watched, parts of their brain associated with
higher arousal and aggression levels became
thicker. The frontal lobe also thickened, which is
known to lower verbal reasoning ability. In the
same year, a study was done on how reading a
novel affected the brain.
FOLLOWING
INSTRUCTION
When reading instructions, start by
reading them quickly all the way till the
end to get an idea of what you have to
do. Then read each step carefully. Also
look closely at the picture because they
can help you understand difficult
word.
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YOU!