English Reading Comprehension - Textos para aprender o practicar inglés - Comprensión escrita We offer you here some texts on various interesting subjects. You can practise reading comprehension and at the same time you will certainly learn something new. Each text is identified with an icon showing the level of English used on it. You will also find some questions to answer at the end of some texts to test your comprehension. Now you can also print the reading texts and the exercises. ¡Comparte esta página! Aquí te ofrecemos textos sobre varios temas interesantes. Cada texto está identificado con un símbolo que muestra el nivel de inglés del mismo. Además ahora puedes imprimir las lecturas y los ejercicios. Más ejercicios para practicar inglés Libros recomendados Intermediate English Reading and Comprehension Este libro contiene diversas lecturas con ejercicios para estudiantes de nivel intermedio. Fast Forward Reading English Reading: 10 Passages for English Learners
K-8 Comprehension Skills, Strategies, Activities & Exercises - Benchmark Education Storefront Introduction/Overview This module explores comprehension strategies and their benefits. Examine descriptions of each type of comprehension strategy, instructional implications for teaching comprehension, and sample lessons. Although word recognition, decoding, and fluency are building blocks of effective reading, the ability to comprehend text is the ultimate goal of reading instruction. Comprehension is evident when readers can: Interpret and evaluate events, dialogue, ideas, and informationConnect information to what they already knowAdjust current knowledge to include new ideas or look at those ideas in a different wayDetermine and remember the most important points in the readingRead “between the lines” to understand underlying meanings Comprehension strategies work together like a finely tuned machine. Comprehension is powerful because the ability to construct meaning comes from the mind of the reader. Types of Comprehension Strategies Teaching Strategies (Wilhelm, 2001) Additional Tips
Exam English - Free Practice Tests for IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC and the Cambridge ESOL exams (CPE, CAE, FCE, PET, KET) Australia Network - Learning English - Learning Programs Learning Levels Explained Better Than Beginner I can say enough to manage a simple conversation. I can read signs and basic instructions. I can understand when people speak slowly and clearly. I can write simple sentences. Recommended Programs: Living English Intermediate I can talk about every day situations and make arrangements. Recommended Programs: Nexus English Bites The Business of English Study English Advanced I can talk about most topics and understand everything except very technical or complex language. Recommended Programs: Nexus English Bites Study English
reading_skills_home These new health and wellness stories were funded by the National Head Start Family Literacy Center/Sonoma State University This project was designed to create leveled reading selections that are appropriate for and valued by adult learners. These materials, combined with the research-proven strategies of repeated reading and guided oral reading, aid in building learners' fluency and comprehension skills. The materials correspond to Casas 200 - 235. This project is funded in part through an EL/Civics Grant from the MN Dept. of Ed - ABE Division and mini-grant from the Minnesota Literacy Council. Your comments, questions and feedback are invited. FEEDBACK Have a question or comment? Preliminary English Test (PET) - about the exam Difficulty level: B1 / low intermediate The Preliminary English Test is one of the Cambridge English exams. Who is it for? Do this test if you want to know that you have an intermediate level of English. With this level of English you will enjoy holidays in English speaking countries. You should probably continue studying once you have passed the PET exam. What is the PET test like? Reading Writing are taken together - 90 minutes Listening - 30 minutes Speaking - an interview, 10 minutes There are two versions of the PET test: Both versions have the same type of questions. Paper-based or computer-based exams You can do the PET exam on a computer or on paper. Score ‘pass’, ‘pass with merit’, ‘narrow fail’, or ‘fail’ Level B1 / Alte 2 / low intermediate. Where do I take the test? When can I take the test? How much does it cost to take PET?
Cómo preparar el speaking del PET | Theorein Está llegando mucha gente al blog buscando cómo preparar el speaking (parte oral) del PET (Preliminary English Test), el examen de Cambridge que equivale al B1. Yo lo hice hace unas semanas, y como no estaba yendo a academia no sabía cómo iba hasta unos días antes que usoidesfero me encontró dos exámenes de prueba. Os cuento cómo va. Los candidatos entran de dos en dos a un aula en la que hay dos examinadores, uno habla, el otro sólo escucha y apunta. Al entrar, el examinador que habla se presentará, presentará al que no habla y os pedirá que le entreguéis las hojas para puntuaros (os las habrán dado justo antes de entrar). - What’s your name? - What’s your surname? - How do you spell it? - Where do you come from? - Do you work or are you a student? - Do you enjoy studying English? - What do you enjoy doing in your free time? - What did you do yesterday evening? El examinador va alternando, pregunta una a un candidato, otra a otro. Me gusta: Me gusta Cargando...
ICT4ELT - Portals - Reading for upper-intermediate students Compiled and annotated by Jolana Křístková, Sigmundova střední škola strojírenská, Lutín. This webpage contains links to Websites concerning Reading for Intermediate Students. ESL: Reading A webpage containing links to other websites with full as well as simplified versions of various texts, including short stories, picture stories, texts organized according to genres, quizzes etc. An incredible source of reading material for students (and teachers) of English as native as well as foreign language.
Aprender Inglés | Theorein He aprobado el PET Ya están las notas del PET en internet y tengo un “pass with merit”, así que estoy muy contenta. Eso significa que podría haber aprobado el siguiente nivel, el B2, aunque antes de presentarme estudiaré bien, porque leí que iban a cambiar el sistema para que cuando sacas muy buena nota te den el siguiente nivel, así tendré una mayor motivación al estudiar, pensando que puedo llegar al C1. Las notas han ido como esperaba: mal en speaking que sólo tengo un “borderline”, “good” en writing y listening y “exceptional” en reading. Cursos de idiomas intensivos en la UMA ¿Quieres aprovechar el verano estudiando algún idioma? Además, aprovecho para recomendar la página del Centro de Cultura Asiática de Málaga. ACTUALIZACIÓN: Se amplía el plazo para inscribirse en los cursos de idiomas intensivos de la UMA hasta el 1 de julio. Cómo preparar el speaking del PET Los candidatos entran de dos en dos a un aula en la que hay dos examinadores, uno habla, el otro sólo escucha y apunta.
Summarizing: Advice & Tips for Teachers (Grades 1-6) Page 1 of 2 What Is It? To summarize is to put in your own words a shortened version of written or spoken material, stating the main points and leaving out everything that is not essential. For example, to summarize the movie Memento, you might state: The movie Memento is a backward chronology of a man who tries to find his wife's killer, but has short-term memory loss. Why Is It Important? Summarizing allows both students and teachers to monitor comprehension of material. Summarizing and reviewing integrate and reinforce the learning of major points...these structuring elements not only facilitate memory for the information but allow for its apprehension as an integrative whole with recognition of the relationships between parts (J. In a synthesis of the research on summarizing, Rosenshine and his colleagues found that strategies that emphasize the analytic aspect of summarizing have a powerful effect on how well students summarize (1996). How Can You Make It Happen? For example: Fiction
our teacher corner: PAGINAS PARA PREPARAR KET Y PET Estimadas FAMILIAS de alumnos de 6º: Como os comuniqué en una circular aquí os dejo algunos enlaces para practicar para los exámenes KET Y PET. En esta página tienen que elegir nivel, PET o KET y pueden practicar las destrezas Writing (escribir), reading (leer) y listening (escuchar) En esta página, en el margen derecho hay varios opciones para practicar varias partes del examen. En este tercer enlace practican la lectura y la pronunciación. Hay tres niveles (level 1 es el más sencillo). En este cuarto enlace en la opción de "Level" eligen A2 (KET) o B1 (PET) y en la opción de "Practice your" pueden elegir cualquiera de las opciones, destacable la parte "Exam skills". En este quinto enlace se puede practicar ejercicios para el examen PET (B1) En este sexto enlace Aquí os dejo otros enlaces interesantes. Para practicar el PET ON LINE VOCABULARIO Test con contenidos gramaticales 1. Espero que os sea de utilidad. Un saludo, Mayte
Mr. Anker Tests Mi experiencia con el PET (V) | ¡Abajo las oposiciones! Speaking: No sé si será lo usual, pero mientras me tocó hacer las otras partes por la mañana, para el Speaking me citaron a las 19 h. Tuve que volver a casita, comer y, después, volverme a presentar en la universidad, lo cual es algo fastidioso. La gente que se prepara en grupo, ya sea a través de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas o a través de una academia, ya sabe que aunque cada cual tenga una cita a una hora, es útil ponerse de acuerdo con un compañero y, viendo qué hora tiene cada cual, presentarse ambos juntitos a la hora de la cita más temprana, porque esta parte de la prueba se hace en pareja y siempre es mejor una pareja conocida con la que puedas ensayar que alguien que no sabes por dónde te va a salir. No obstante, los pardillos nunca estamos solos y yo tuve la suerte de que, cuando llegué a la zona donde la gente estaba esperando para realizar el examen, había otra pardilla como yo y los organizadores rápidamente nos juntaron. Consejos para esta parte: Me gusta:
Practice Reading Tests Scoring The Practice Reading Tests in this book are scored on a point system that differs slightly by grade level. Grades 1 and 2 have fewer questions and no short- or long-answer questions. Grade 1 is based on a scoring rage of 0–6 points. Using This Test Prep Site This site has a practice test for each grade. In this site, the questions and multiple choice sections follow both reading selections. To answer multiple choice questions, students click on the button next to their answer choice. When a student has completed the sample test, he or she can click on the "Submit" button. The Answer Key for all grades is available from your Pearson Education sales representative. Read, Think, and Explain Short-Answer Questions Short-answer "Read, Think, and Explain" questions are worth up to two points. 2 points The answer shows that the student understands what the question is asking. 0 points The answer is incorrect or not based upon the passage, or the student gives no response.