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Previewing – Reading Strategies

Previewing – Reading Strategies

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Quick overlook of the different things to look for when previewing a text as a reading strategy. Previewing is about gathering basic information in order to prepare for reading a text. Description : Overlook of previewing
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Summary table of the 12 reading strategies: previewing, activating prior knowledge, making predictions, decoding, visualizing, questioning, annotating, making connections, graphic organizers, inferring, summarizing and skimming & scanning.
Text features to look atTo find quickly information on
Titles
Subtitles
Headings		→ Text topic(s)
→ Text type
Pictures & illustrations
Graphs & tables		→ Important text elements
→ Summarized information
→ Additional & complementary information
Cover
Back cover		→ Text topic(s)
→ Author information
→ Descriptions
→ Summaries
Descriptions
Summaries		→ Text topic(s)
→ Tone of the text
→ Text type
→ Literary genre
Glossaries→ Vocabulary
→ Technical knowledge
Bold text
Italic text		→ Important information identified
→ Emphasis on specific information
→ Attention grabbers
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What Is Previewing?

Previewing is a reading strategy typically used before reading a text. It involves taking a quick glance at the text’s features. Previewing helps you get ready to read the text properly by getting all the context around it.

Image of a text with a magnifying glass.
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Preview Process

Text features to look atTo find quickly information on
Titles
Subtitles
Headings		→ Text topic(s)
→ Text type
Pictures & illustrations
Graphs & tables		→ Important text elements
→ Summarized information
→ Additional & complementary information
Cover
Back cover		→ Text topic(s)
→ Author information
→ Descriptions
→ Summaries
Descriptions
Summaries		→ Text topic(s)
→ Tone of the text
→ Text type
→ Literary genre
Glossaries→ Vocabulary
→ Technical knowledge
Bold text
Italic text		→ Important information identified
→ Emphasis on specific information
→ Attention grabbers
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Previewing at a Glance

Quick overlook of the different things to look for when previewing a text as a reading strategy. Previewing is about gathering basic information in order to prepare for reading a text. Description : Overlook of previewing
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Reading Strategies at a Glance

Summary table of the 12 reading strategies: previewing, activating prior knowledge, making predictions, decoding, visualizing, questioning, annotating, making connections, graphic organizers, inferring, summarizing and skimming & scanning.
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Click to download.

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