I Know English Letters and How to Read Them

READING

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Forms

• I know English letters and how to read them.
• I know the basic rules on correlations between letters, letter combinations and sounds.
• I know English transcription symbols and how to read English words with the help of transcription symbols.
• I know how to use English-Russian dictionary.
• I can read numbers, dates and names (person’s names, street names, names of cities and towns, names of festivals) properly.
• I can read simple sentences which come across in familiar simple texts about family life, school life, health and body care, sport events, birthday party.
• I can read the map and find the necessary places.
• I can read classroom notices and simple notices in airport, railway station, bus station (e.g. exit, way out, pull, push, etc.).
• I can read and recite children’s poems.
• I can read and understand the main idea of a very short text, including mostly familiar vocabulary about:

• I can understand short descriptions and very short dialogues.

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W

• I can read correctly semi-authentic texts of about 150 words.
• I can stress words and phrases correctly.
• I can follow intonation patterns while reading a familiar text aloud.
• I can find specific, predictable information in advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables.
• I can read the public notices in the airport / railway station and find the information, e.g. about time of departure.
• I can read and understand game rules.
• I can read and recite poems.
• I can read and understand postcards and short simple personal letters (children’s letters about their parents, their friends, their free time, their problems).
• I can read and understand information in advertisements, travel leaflets and tourist guides in order to choose a place to visit.
• I can read safety tips.
• I can read adapted fiction texts:

• I can read and understand children newspaper’s information about:

• I can read well-known fairy-tales.

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D

• I can distinguish fact from comment while reading a text.
• I can make use of clues such as titles, illustrations, typography, paragraphing while reading a text.
• I can read and understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language.
• I can read for the main idea, for detail and for specific information:

• I can read abridged fiction texts for the main idea and / or for details.
• I can read and understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal formal and informal letters.
• I can read and understand official forms in order to fill them.
• I can read and understand information about the target country / countries (geographical position, population, history, culture).
• I can read and recite poems and ballads.
• I can read and understand articles in the ‘quality’ newspapers on the following topics:

• I can read articles from English-English dictionaries and encyclopaedias.

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Skills

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• I can make use of such clues as:

• I can use compensation strategies.
• I can read and understand the gist and relevant details of the information about:

• I can read, understand and interpret / or discuss what is said in:

• I can read, understand and discuss tables, diagrams, schemes, charts, statistics.
• I can read, understand the gist and relevant details and interpret a text written for native speakers which:

• I can read and understand the gist and much of the relevant detail of the texts involved containing sufficient redundancy.
• I can read authentic fiction.
• I can read, understand and compare the peculiarities of English-speaking and Russian writers’ / poets’ manner of writing.
• I can read business information and technical texts.

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E

S

• I can understand long and complex factual and literary texts, appreciating distinctions of style.
• I can understand specialized articles and longer technical instructions, even when they do not relate to my field.
• I can understand a wide range of long and complex texts, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning.
• I can quickly identify the content and relevance of news items, articles and reports on a wide range of professional topics, deciding whether closer study is worthwhile.
• I can understand specialized articles outside my field, using a dictionary to confirm my interpretation of terminology.

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Skills

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• I can read with case virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialized articles and literary works.
• I can read with ease and interpret critically virtually all forms of written language, including abstract, structurally complex, or highly colloquial literary and non-literary writings.