KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
Experiencias del colegio: read aloud, reading practice (Edexcel)
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Your learning goal
I can apply my vocabulary knowledge and reading strategies to successfully complete exam-style reading tasks.
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Experiencias del colegio: read aloud, reading practice (Edexcel): slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
The original illustrated PowerPoint is available as well as the IllumED text slides. It retains the publisher’s design and credits.
Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can apply my vocabulary knowledge and reading strategies to successfully complete exam-style reading tasks.
Key learning points
- Using a checklist before a read-aloud task is a powerful and effective strategy.
- In a read-aloud task, think carefully about how to correctly pronounce the letters in each word and spot tricky sounds.
- Considering cognates and mentally rehearsing the text are key steps in preparation for a read-aloud task.
- We can avoid distractors by not rushing to select an answer.
- Distractors can appear anywhere - in the question, the answer options or the text itself.
Words to know
- distractor
- incorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common mistakes
The more times I read the text, the better I’ll understand it.
Simply re-reading without purpose doesn’t necessarily lead to better comprehension. Strategies such as reading through the text and questions, using each question to find the relevant part of the text, avoiding distractors, etc., are more effective.
For parents, carers and teachers
- It will be helpful for pupils to have a copy of the questions or better still, the texts and the questions.