BEC Higher Reading Activities List
Target Audience: Students Teachers
Name of Activity
Relevance to Paper
Focus of Activity
Make a Match
Part 1
Paraphrasing
Identifying Information
Identifying facts and ideas
Change the Register
Rewriting texts using a different register
Choose a Programme
Scanning for information
Match the Sentences
Matching statements with texts as quickly as possible
Spot the Clue
Part 2
Spotting reference words
Jumbled Text
Understanding text structure
Cut and Paste
Putting students into the role of the examiner
Discussion Time
Part 3
Understanding the ideas in a text
Match the Question
Right and Wrong
Distinguishing between the correct answer and the distractor
Cut the Options
Part 4
Confidence-builder when doing this activity for first time
Guess the Meaning
Understanding vocabulary
Spot the Gaps
Understanding vocabulary and structure
Match the Answers
Understanding cohesion in a text
Get your Options Right
Choosing the correct vocabulary
Mind the Gap
Part 5
Error correction
Gap a Text
Understanding type of lexis used in this task
Create the Options
Identifying the correct lexis
Common Errors
Part 6
Looking at typical mistakes made in English
Deliberate Mistakes
Awareness raising of the type of errors to look for