1. The British People
Reading British and American Culture
Week 2
Professor Hayashi

2.  AttendanceAttendance
 6 Reading Strategies6 Reading Strategies
 Think-Pair-Share ActivityThink-Pair-Share Activity
 Small group reading activitySmall group reading activity
BREAKBREAK
 Leisure & Sport in BritainLeisure & Sport in Britain
 Young People in BritainYoung People in Britain
Today’s Class

3. Reading Strategies
Reading Strategies – plans for solving problems
encountered in constructing meaning
Why learn reading strategies?
1)Strategies help to improve reading
comprehension as well as efficiency in reading
2)By using strategies, you will read in the way that
expert readers do
3)Strategies help readers to process the text
actively, to monitor comprehension, and to connect
what they are reading to their own knowledge and to
other parts of the text

4. PREDICT
- Check headlines, look for key words and
guess what the text will be about
e.g. – Statistics…… what kind of statistics?
CLARIFY
- If you don’t understand something, reread,
look for clues
e.g. – Aged 16 and over… does that include
16 year olds?

5. VISUALIZE
Make a picture in your head.

6. ASK QUESTIONS
-Interact with the material
e.g. – How many British people are common
law?
MAKE CONNECTIONS
-Connect the material to your prior knowledge
e.g. – I know the divorce rate in Korea is
much higher.

7. SUMMARIZE
-Retell what has happened
e.g. – The majority of Brits are married, and
not too many are divorced
PREDICT
CLARIFY
VISUALIZE
ASK QUESTIONS
MAKE CONNECTIONS
SUMMARIZE

8. EXERCISE 1 – PG. 4
(Think/Pair/Share)
In pairs:
- introduce yourself and become best friends
- read the instructions & think about what kind of
reading strategy could be used
- read the article in turn
- answer the questions

9. PAGE 5 – SMALL GROUP
WORK
In groups of 6:
- Each pair should adopt a reading strategy
to cover ONE of the three exercises
- Share your findings with your group

10. LEISURE & SPORT IN BRITAIN (PG. 6)
In groups of 6:
-Predict what could be contained in
the article
- Read the article in turn
- Go over key vocabulary
- Answer exercise 5 and 6

11. YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRITAIN
-Read the article on page 7
-Fill out the chart on page 6
-Answer the questions in exercise 8
-Which reading strategies did you use?