PREVIEWING AND PREDICTING

WHAT IS PREVIEWING AND PRADICTING?

Previewing and predicting are pre-reading activities that prepare readers to anticipate the content of the article. They give students a glimpse into the content of the article without reading the entire article. The objective of previewing and predicting activities is to get students to subconsciously prepare their minds towards the content of an article (written in English) that they are about to read.

Previewing

Teacher shows an article with a large heading in bold prints and pictures depicting the article. Previewing activity starts with teacher giving information that is related to the article using the article heading and pictures as the focus points, such information include new vocabulary and similar stories that the article depicts.

Predicting

After previewing activity, students predict the content of the article by activating concepts and background knowledge based on their own life experience. Teacher elicits these background information by asking students to give words and phrases that they can associate with the article and writing down these words and phrases on the board.