Reading A1/A2

INTRO
 STRATEGY 1: Letter Perception
 STRATEGY 2: Word Perception
 STRATEGY 3: Word Comprehension
 STRATEGY 1: LETTER PERCEPTION

These drills consist of a meaningless unit of letters on the left, followed by five units of
letters on the right. The key unit is repeated once among the five groups written on the
right.
With these types of tasks:
• Your reading comprehension and reading speed will improve.
• This task will help you see faster and more accurately.
• The more you practice, the better your reading skills will be.
• The letter units obviously have no meaning. So relax, let your eyesight do most of
the work.
• React quickly to each unit as a whole.
• Develop an easy but accurate left-to-right eye motion along the line.
• Don’t analyze your answers, expect to make some errors.
• Trust yourself and your eyes
 EXAMPLE 1 – LETTER PERCEPTION

Find the identical unit as quickly as you can and cross it out, as in the following
example:

KEY UNIT 1 2 3 4 5
ist ism sti ist irt tis

ANSWER: Number 3 is identical to the KEY UNIT.

Now go to your EVA PLATFORM
to complete exercise 1.
STRATEGY 2: WORD PERCEPTION

These drills consist of a key word on the left, followed by five words on the right. The key
word is repeated once in the words at the right.
With these types of tasks:
• You will react to size and shape rather than to meaning or sound.
• At first you don’t need to know the meaning of through words, remember we are
training
your perception.
• Little by little your brain will make the necessary connections as you follow a
sentence in
context.
• Form a picture in your mind of the key word, then find the identical word as fast as
possible.
EXAMPLE 2: WORD PERCEPTION
Find the identical word as quickly as you can and cross it out, as in the
following example:

KEY WORD 1 2 3 4 5
superb suburb super stupor barber superb

ANSWER: Number 5 is identical to the KEY WORD

Now go to your EVA
PLATFORM to
complete exercise 2.
STRATEGY 3: WORD
COMPREHENSION
These drills are similar to the preceding drills. This time you must also know the meaning of
the word on the left and comprehend its meaning. Next, quickly locate the synonym, or the
word with the closest meaning, among the five words on the right.
With these types of tasks:
• You are working to develop not only rapid eye movement and reaction, but also a quick
grasp of
meaning.
• Do not block yourself if you don’t know the meaning of one word, just continue with the
next key
word, don’t waste your time.
• Don’t forget to add the words you missed to your Personal Vocabulary journal.
EXAMPLE 3: WORD COMPREHENSION

Find the word with similar meaning, as in the following example:

KEY WORD 1 2 3 4 5
man woman main girl male mail

ANSWER: Number 4 is the word similar in meaning to the KEY WORD.

Now go to your EVA PLATFORM to
complete exercise 3.