Get ready to read

Get ready to read
• Get students to form the question Do you enjoy reading fi ction 
more than non-fi ction?
to ask their partners so that you can take 
a class vote.
• After doing the exercise, say each type in turn. Students raise 
their hand if they have ticked the box.
• After doing the exercise, ask each question in turn and get one 
student to answer. Tell other students who have underlined the 
same answer to raise their hand. Then ask the same question 
to someone who has not raised their hand. Continue in this 
way until you have asked each question four times.
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Using a library catalogue
1 Ask students to discuss their answers in pairs, but do not 
check the answers at this stage. Tell students that they will be 
able to check their answers in Exercise 2.
2 Before doing the exercise, remind students to scan for the 
information that is needed to answer the questions. In order 
to encourage students to read quickly, set a time limit. 
3–4 Put students into pairs to get them to do the exercises 
together. Check the answers with the class.
5 When checking the answers, ask students to correct the 
sentences for which the answer is N.
6 Get students to discuss answers to this question in pairs. Get 
feedback from the class.
7 After students have written down some key words, get them 
to compare with a partner, reminding them that there is more 
than one possibility.
8 Before doing the exercise, read through the 
Did you know? section with students.
9 Ask students to discuss the question in pairs.
More activities
1 If you are teaching a multilingual group in an English-
speaking environment outside Oxfordshire, encourage 
students to go online and fi nd out how to use the library 
catalogue. Is the information given similar to that of the 
Oxfordshire library catalogue?
2 Ask students to discuss in small groups if they have 
libraries in their countries, if they use them, what kind 
of people use them, what facilities there are, and how 
systems have changed in the last 15 years.