ICFE Reading Activities List

 

Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to ICFE Reading

Focus of Activity
Overview activity Whole paper To check knowledge of content of the Test of Reading
DOs and DON’Ts activity Student key

Whole paper

To help students remember practical advice for the Test of Reading shortly before taking the examination
Reading skills activity Whole paper To encourage awareness of the reading skills used in ICFE
Everyday words with specialist meanings Whole paper To sensitise students to the fact that words commonly met in everyday English can take on a special meaning in a financial context
Cut the options Part 1 To develop students’ ability and confidence in completing Part 1 tasks
Financial word building Part 3 To reinforce students’ knowledge of word building and typical affixes
Vocabulary brainstorm Parts 4, 5 and 6 To raise awareness of text topic and activate students’ knowledge of vocabulary relating to it
Identifying paraphrases Parts 4, 5 and 6 To develop students’ ability to recognise paraphrasing and to improve their scanning skills
Making connections Part 5 To develop students’ ability and confidence in completing Part 5 tasks

Why it’s right

Part 6 To develop students’ ability and confidence in completing Part 6 tasks

Word detectiveS T

Part 2

To develop students’ ability and confidence in completing Part 2 tasks and to raise awareness of the different parts of speech

Do it yourself gap-fillS T

Part 2

To develop students’ ability and confidence in completing Part 2 tasks and to raise awareness of collocation

Sort out the optionsS T

Part 1

To develop students’ ability and confidence in completing Part 1 tasks and to raise awareness of collocation
Reading faster Student key

Whole paper

 To help students with overall timing of the paper