Reading Comprehension—how to do word-guessingBy Lin QianchaiShangde Middle School Nov25,2014 Teaching aim:To i mprove the students’ ability of word-guessingTeaching difficult point:How to improv e the students’ ability of doing task-based readingTeaching aid:MultimediaTeaching procedures:Step One: Lead-inHave a free talk with students and find out the requirements that they need in doing reading comprehension.1.What conditions do we need to improve the reading ability?2. How many kinds of reading materials?3. What is demanded in the Exam .１、理解语篇主旨要义；２、理解文中具体信息；３、根据上下文推断生词的词义；４、作出简单判断和理解；５、理解文章的基本结构；６、理解作者的意图和态度;3．How many question types are there in this exam item?Specific Information=details；Reference；Main idea；author’s opinion and purpose; Paraphrase;Logical inference;Word-guessingStep Two: Finding out waysGive students a sample and then help them get the relative ways to solve each question type. Then let them do some practice.1).How to get specific information.【Sample】1.General Electric introduces the iron of tomorrow with a push of a magic blue button. Q:What is advertised in this sentence?A.buttonB. ironC. General ElectricD. push2.Mr. H also has these features (特点)·weighs only 500 grams ·includes long-lasting batteries·comes with a 5-year guarantee ·remembers simple instructionsOriginally (最初) sold for $499 NOW ONLY $299Q: You can get your Mr. H for .A. ＄499 B. ＄299 C. ＄199 D. ＄99 【解题技巧】运用skimming+scanning的阅读方法, 着重关注who, what, when, where及数字等具体事实。
2).How to get the Reference【Sample】1.We do know that job satisfaction is falling in Britain and in most advanced nations. The actual reasons for this are the subject of very heated discussion.Q:The underlined word this refers to _____. A. Britain B. satisfaction C.nations D.job 2.However, he cannot take the credit for creating other well-loved characters, such as Cinderella and Snow White. They are almost automatically associated with DisneyQ:The underlined word they refers to ____.A.Such wonderful things.B. Other well-loved characters.C. Old fables.D. Cartoon movies.【解题技巧】1.找出上下文中可能被替代的名词或代词2.注意这些词的单复数3.根据上下文的逻辑关系3).How to get the main idea【Sample】Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people’s mind to another culture or race…Q:What is the main idea of the text?A. Storytelling is vital to the growth of businessesB. Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.C. Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.D. Storytelling may open people’s mind to another culture or race【解题技巧】1.通过理解、分析全文，区分主要信息和次要信息，进而总结归纳文章或段落的大意。
2.注意选项信息可能出现“以偏概全”“张冠李戴”。
4).How to get the author’s opinion and purpose【Sample】1.In Western Europe homeless has quickly been climbing to levels not seen since the end of World War II.Q: How does the author feel about the situation?A.interestedB. cheerfulC. worriedD.neutral2.Many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training,especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words would seem unlikely to helphim in reading a continuous text.Q: What is the tune of the author?A.SupportiveB. neutralC. criticalD.optimistic【解题技巧】1．根据题干，缩小并锁定相关句段。
2．挖掘选项异同点寻找提示。
3．利用各类词义理解技巧逐一突破关键词。
4．抓住表示因果、转折、递进、并列等关系的连词，准确把握句内各分句以及该句所在段落各句间的逻辑关系。
5).How to paraphrase sentences【Sample】She works with prisoners, helping them know who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they don’t like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story.Q:The underlined sentence suggests that prisoners can ____A.start a new lifeB. direct a filmC. act in the filmD. write a story【解题技巧】理解句子在文章的作用,注意句子的引申义与比喻义。
6).How to get logical inference1.“Come on. Alexis! You are not alone here. There are people who care about you, who want to help you out and see you recover. We are going to do this together. Are you ready?” Slowly Alexis nodded and took a deep breath.Q: It can be inferred that _____A.Alexis was successful. B Alexis finally gave up climbing.C. Alexis was weak in health.D. Alexis felt lonely2.Like other experts of the situation, Mr. Baker has also sensibly (敏感地)and wisely forecast a rise inun-employment among the young.Q: It can be inferred that _____A.Only one person has made predictionB. The author agrees to Baker’s ideaC. Mr. Baker holds a wrong ideaD.Mr. Baker is sensible and wise【解题技巧】通过文章的措辞，上下文关系和整体结构，理解作者的态度观点，揣摩作者思路，特别注意文章描写环境和流露作者情感态度的语句。