2.3 Reading for understanding Phrasing Notetaking Vocabulary Word recognition

• Phrasing: reading a sentence in sense groups rather than word by word
• Politeness expressions in a text: s'il vous plaît, excusez-moi, je voudrais, merci
• Note taking from a shopping text: l'article, la quantité, le prix, le magasin
• Comparing the prices of the same item in two passages

• summarise key details and facts from the text
• read fluently using the right intonation and pace
• read texts for understanding

“How does the structure of a text affect your understanding?”

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1. Reading a market dialogue in chunks
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   Read a buyer and seller dialogue with proper phrasing, and pick out every polite expression in it.
2. Take notes, then compare the prices
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Pull item, quantity, price and shop out of two shopping texts, and decide where to buy.