6. WORD GUESSING SKILLS
•Guessing words from Context
Clues.
•Guessing words from Word
Formation
•Efficient Use of Dictionary
7. WHAT IS CONTEXT?
• The Sentence and Paragraph in Which this word can
discovered.
How To decide the word from Context?
1. Use your Knowledge of Grammar.
2. Use your Understanding The author’s ideas
8. GUESSING WORDS FROM CONTEXT
CLUE
Information Provided my context
• Definition
• Examples
• Restatement
• Synonyms
• Antonym
9. EFFICIENT USE OF DICTIONARY
• Dictionary is the best language Teacher.
• A good Dictionary Provide lots of information.
• For Example
1. Lets Hang Up some paintings on these -------- Walls.
A) Bare
B) Empty
C) Blank
D) Vacant
10. EFFICIENT USE OF DICTIONARY
• Bare: empty , not covered by anything , or not having any decorations.
• Empty: An Empty Room , building e.t.c does not have any people in it.
• Blank: Showing no expression , understanding or interest; without any writing
• Vacant: A Vacant Seat , Room etc is empty and available for someone to use ; A
vacant job or position in an organization is available for someone to start
doing
11. EFFICIENT USE OF DICTIONARY
• Example Sentences
1). This room looks very bare you need some pictures on the walls.
2). The House Had been empty For six months before we moved in.
3). Leave the Last Page Blank.
4). Only a still apartments were still vacant.
12. WORD FORMATION
English Word Usually contain 3 parts
•Prefixes: Change the Meaning of words.
• Stem: Determine the meaning of Word.
• suffix: Change the part of Speech of a word.
13. WORD FORMATION
Note
• Some words are created by combining parts of the other words
Examples:
1. Workfare : work welfare
2. Medicare : Medical Care
14. PARAGRAPH READING SKILLS
• Finding the Main idea
i. Topic sentence
The sentence that contain the main idea of the paragraph.
ii. Location of topic Sentence
Where is that main idea sentence or topic sentence is situated in the paragraph
In the beginning
In the middle of a paragraph
In the end
15. EXAMPLE OF TOPIC SENTENCE
• Whenever possible, a good listener prepare in advance for the speech or lecture he
or she plans to attend. He or she studies the topic to be discussed and finds out
about the speaker and his or her beliefs. On arriving at the place where the speech is
to be given, he or she chooses a seat where seeing, hearing and remaining alert are
easy. And when the speech is over, he or she reviews what was said and reacts to
and evaluates the ideas expressed. Thus, an effective listener, in order to achieve the
purpose of acquiring information, takes specific steps to achieve accurate
understanding.
16. READING SKILLS AT PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
•Skimming
•Scanning
•Prediction
17. SKIMMING
• To skim is to read quickly in order to get a general idea of
a passage.
• When you skim, it is necessary to read only selected
sentences in order to get the main idea.
18. SCANNING
•To scan is to read quickly in order to
location specific information.
Steps involved in Scanning.
1. Decide exactly what information you are
looking for think about the form it may
take
19. PREDICTIONS
• Reading is an active process. Meaning does not exist only on
the page or in the mind of the reader it created by and active
interaction between reader and text.
• Good readers develop predictions about what they will read
next, and they read to see if their prediction will become true
or not if not good readers will have a new prediction.
20. PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY:
Sameer Ahmad (Group
Leader)
M.Saqib
Dua Fatima
Zaid Akram
Yusra Sajid
Nida Fatima
Faizan Arshad
Rimsha Sattar
Mujahid Ahmad
Muqaddas Ahmad
Umbreen Mushtaq
