Get ready to read

1
Read the instructions to the class and then get students to 
discuss the question in pairs. Check the answers with the 
class. 
2
Emphasize the point that we often skim a text quickly the 
fi rst time we look at it. Set a time limit for students to do the 
exercise and then check the answers.
3
Get students to do this exercise in pairs. Then check the 
answers with the class.
Learning tip
Ask students if they read a newspaper in their own language in 
the way the tip describes.
4
Set a time limit, say fi ve minutes, for students to look at the 
texts and consider the six factors in pairs. Get feedback.
5
Get students to decide which extract they are going to read. Try 
to get equal numbers of students to read each article. Students 
can work in pairs with someone else who has chosen the 
same extract, and help each other to understand the text and 
identify the main points. Get feedback from the class.
Class bonus
After reading each of the other two extracts, students work with 
two different partners, one who has read one extract carefully 
and the other who has read the other. Each student can help the 
other two members of the group with the meaning of any text 
they have underlined.
6
Ask students to discuss these questions with a partner. Get 
feedback from the class.
Extra practice
Ask students if they ever read English-language newspapers. 
Ask students to comment on any differences and similarities 
they have noticed between English-language newspapers and 
newspapers in their own languages.
More activities
Get students to list sports on the board. Students decide 
whether 
do, go
or 
play
collocates with each of the sports 
they have mentioned. For example: 
do judo/karate/yoga, go 
running/sailing/skiing, play badminton/golf/tennis
.