Hello and welcome to module two.
This is on reading comprehension,
how to prepare for it effectively and efficiently.
We hope you have understood and enjoyed module one
but please feel free to go back and look at it again
if you want to and now we can carry on.
In this module we are going to look at
the reading comprehension component of the exam,
how to prepare for it and how to read a text
in structured and meaningful way.
It is important to remember here
that any reading comprehension activity has a purpose.
Now you need to learn to organise the information
to reflect upon the information and synthesise it
so that you can answer any questions that are related to that text.
Now in order to do this you going to need a process,
a series of steps and strategies
you can apply before, during, and after reading, OK?
We are going to provide you with tips and help towards this end.
To begin with it might feel a little awkward, a little artificial,
but with time this will become habitual and automatic,
just like riding a bicycle!
So you need to come to understand the difference
between the intensive and extensive reading.
So we ll help you with this whole process
by providing you with examples of activities
that often appear in exams to check understanding of a text.
So for example,
the presentation of the multiple choice questions.
Once again the forums are very important
to help you with this process.
You can use them to also see how your colleagues are getting on,
to discuss successful strategies you already use when reading in English
to learn from your colleagues, ask the help when struggling,
understanding particular texts.
And also you need to understand something which is really fundamental
for this kind of process it is now pure altruism
that by helping others you help yourself.
Now, the activities that you undertake here
will be a test of a past exam question.
This is a wonderful way of finding out how you can actually
get on with the sorts of questions you are going to find in a real exam,
and an activity related to reading strategies,
the results of which you can submit for assessment by your course mates.
Now, this way of working together with other people on the course
is what we call peer to peer learning.
It is very important,
as I said before and I'll like to emphasise it again now.
Why? Well it is an example of collaborative or social learning
in which we have to externalise and consolidate what we have learned
by helping and explaining things to our peers,
so we learn twice if you like, we correct and we are being corrected.
We learn twice for the price of one!
You can learn a lot from each other,
and this also, as I mentined before previously, builds up a community,
a learning community.
It gives us, psychologically very importantly,
a sense of not being alone in this process. OK?
There will be a final activity here,
where you get to try a real past English B1 level exam reading paper.
This is an exciting moment!
You are getting closer to passing the exam
so please don't worry about the difficulties.
Because the difficulties are really opportunities to learn
and to share your problems.
See how well you ll perform in a real reading comprehension section.
Good luck!
See you in the next module.