FORO Unit 1 - Reading comprehension strategies

Homework- Unit 1- Prez, Daniel Hugo

Homework- Unit 1- Prez, Daniel Hugo

de Prez Daniel Hugo -
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1-  Paper Title: “Economics of solar air pre-heating in south Indian tea factories: a case study”

 Authors: C. Palaniappan and S. V.Subramanian.  Solar Energy Vol. 63, No. 1,pp. 31-37, 1998. 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd.

 The paper mentions the savings produced by preheating air with a solar thermal collector applied in the tea process in South India.

 2-    Reading strategies used:

 -Preview the text

 -Summarized after reading

 -Look up difficult words

 3-   The strategies I use help me get an initial idea of ​​the text to see if it interests me. Then I read the article and try to explain it in my own words, and then I look up the meanings of any difficult words to clarify the reading.  Another strategy I use is rereading for a better understanding of the text.

 

 

En respuesta a Prez Daniel Hugo

Homework- Unit 1- Prez, Daniel Hugo

de Fritz Graciela Noemí -
Well done! You clearly identified the paper and its topic, and you described several reading strategies you used. Your explanation shows how previewing, summarizing, and looking up difficult words helped you understand the text. You also added rereading as a useful strategy.