Reading: Reading Fluency & Strategies: B1 Lesson 3: Making Predictions and Checking Understanding While Reading

Reading B1: Lesson 3

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Active Reading

ការទាយទុកជាមុន និងការផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់ការយល់ដឹង

Good readers don't just read words. They play a guessing game with the text!

អ្នកអានពូកែមិនត្រឹមតែអានពាក្យនោះទេ។ ពួកគេលេងល្បែងទាយទុកជាមុនជាមួយនឹងអត្ថបទជានិច្ច!

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1. Before Reading: Predict! visibility

មុនពេលអាន៖ ទាយទុកជាមុន!

Look at the Title and Pictures. មើលចំណងជើង និងរូបភាព។

Ask: "What is this going to be about?" សួរខ្លួនឯងថា៖ "តើអត្ថបទនេះនឹងនិយាយពីអ្វី?"

Ask: "What do I already know about this?" សួរខ្លួនឯងថា៖ "តើខ្ញុំដឹងអ្វីខ្លះរួចមកហើយពីប្រធានបទនេះ?"

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2. While Reading: Check! fact_check

ពេលកំពុងអាន៖ ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់!

Stop after each paragraph. ឈប់សម្រាកបន្ទាប់ពីអានចប់កថាខណ្ឌនីមួយៗ។

Ask: "Was my guess right?" សួរខ្លួនឯងថា៖ "តើការទាយរបស់ខ្ញុំត្រូវដែរឬទេ?"

Ask: "Does this make sense?" សួរខ្លួនឯងថា៖ "តើខ្ញុំអានយល់អត្ថន័យវាឬទេ?"

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3. Stop and Fix! refresh

ពេលវង្វេង៖ ឈប់ ហើយកែតម្រូវ!

If you don't understand, STOP. បើអានមិនយល់ ត្រូវឈប់សិន! កុំចេះតែអានបន្ត។

Re-read the sentence. អានប្រយោគនោះឡើងវិញម្តងទៀត។

Look for clues in the words around it. ស្វែងរកតម្រុយតាមរយៈពាក្យដែលនៅជុំវិញវា (បរិបទ)។

error The Zombie Reader Trap!

Do not just look at words without thinking!

(កុំក្លាយជា "Zombie Reader"! គឺអ្នកដែលអានចប់មួយទំព័រ តែអត់ដឹងថាអត្ថបទនិយាយពីអី។ បើអ្នកវង្វេង អ្នកត្រូវតែឈប់ ហើយអានឡើងវិញ!)

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Zombie Reader ❌

Stopping to ask: "Does this make sense?" check_circle

Active Reader ✅

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Quick Check bolt

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស

Definition Match

What does it mean to "predict" before reading?

(តើការទាយទុកជាមុន មានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

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Timing

When should you stop and check if you understand?

(តើពេលណាដែលអ្នកគួរឈប់ ហើយសួរខ្លួនឯងថា "តើខ្ញុំយល់ឬទេ?"?)

TRAP QUESTION! error

If you read a paragraph and have NO idea what it means, what should you do?

(ប្រសិនបើអ្នកអានមិនយល់សោះ តើអ្នកគួរធ្វើអ្វី?)

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Context Clues

You see a title called "The Storm". What do you predict the story is about?

(អ្នកឃើញចំណងជើងថា "ខ្យល់ព្យុះ"។ តើអ្នកទាយថារឿងនេះនឹងនិយាយពីអ្វី?)

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True or False

Good readers change their predictions if the story changes.

(អ្នកអានដ៏ពូកែតែងតែផ្លាស់ប្តូរការទាយទុករបស់ពួកគេ ប្រសិនបើសាច់រឿងផ្លាស់ប្តូរ។)

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

The Fortune Teller visibility Look at an English news headline today. BEFORE you read the text, guess what it is about. Then read to see if you were right!

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Stop and Think front_hand Read one page of a book or article. Stop halfway and ask yourself: "What did I just read?"

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Teach a friend groups Explain to a friend why the "Zombie Reader" trap is bad, and how to fix it!

The Crystal Ball movie

មេរៀនជាវីដេអូ

Watch Teacher Kanha explain how making predictions makes reading fun and feels like playing a guessing game!

Ask a Question person_raised_hand

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Sovan 2 hours ago

Teacher Kanha, what if my prediction is completely wrong?

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Teacher Kanha Teacher 1 hour ago

That's perfectly normal, Sovan! The goal isn't to be 100% right. The goal is to keep your brain active. If you guess wrong, your brain says "Oh, wait! Let me adjust!" That means you are learning! psychology

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Visal 5 hours ago

I read a whole page yesterday and forgot everything. Why?

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Teacher Kanha Teacher 4 hours ago

You fell into the "Zombie Reader" trap, Visal! Your eyes were looking at the words, but your brain wasn't checking meaning. Next time, force yourself to stop after EVERY paragraph and summarize it. front_hand

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Minea 8 hours ago

Does predicting make me read slower?

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Teacher Kanha Teacher 7 hours ago

At first, yes. But it makes you understand MORE, which saves time later because you won't have to read the whole text twice! 🚀