Procedure:
The text comprehension on the small-scale level of an individual sentence and/or a short text can be practiced with various exercises. Examples:
- Compare texts and pictures. Students receive two sheets; the first one contains eight sentences or short texts (# 1 – 8), the second one eight pictures (a – h). They now have to find the attributions (e. g. “Text 1 goes with picture d”).
- Re-arrange texts (see exercise a).
- Find errors in the texts (see exercise b).
- Recognize correct and incorrect sentences. A worksheet with 20 prepared statements will be distributed (Example: “dogs can fly”. “Several languages are spoken in Turkey”). Each statement is then checked whether it is correct or false.
Remarks:
- Many exercises lend themselves well for working with a partner.
- Many of the worksheets for this type of exercise can be prepared by the older students for the younger ones.
- If needed, these kinds of exercises can of course also be conducted with older students if they still experience difficulties with reading comprehension in their first language.
Exercise a)
Exercise b)
