Oxford Supplementary Skills Reading Intermediate
Oxford Supplementary Skills
Reading — Intermediate
Overview
A practical, strategy-led course to help intermediate learners read faster, understand more, and handle a wide range of real-world texts with confidence. Short, focused lessons develop the skills you need for study, work, and everyday reading.
What You’ll Practise
- Skimming & scanning: find the gist and key details efficiently.
- Main ideas & support: identify topic sentences and text organization.
- Inference & attitude: read between the lines and recognize writer viewpoint.
- Vocabulary in context: use context clues, word families, and affixes to decode meaning.
- Reference & cohesion: track pronoun reference, linkers, and discourse markers.
- Summarizing & note-taking: capture essentials in your own words.
- Reading speed & accuracy: build fluency without losing comprehension.
What’s Inside
- Topic-based units with varied text types (articles, adverts, emails, reports, short essays).
- Pre-reading tasks to activate knowledge and set goals.
- While-reading activities for gist, detail, and structure.
- Post-reading tasks for discussion, extension, and short writing.
- Targeted vocabulary pages and study tips.
- Review sections for recycling key skills (answer key availability may vary by edition).
How to Use It
- Preview the text (title, headings, visuals) and predict content.
- Do a timed skim, then scan for specific information.
- Reread for detail, annotating references, linkers, and unknown words.
- Complete vocabulary-in-context tasks and add new items to a personal list.
- Finish with a summary or notes to consolidate learning.
Who It’s For
Learners at an intermediate stage (around B1–B2) who want clear strategies and steady practice to become confident, independent readers.
Paraphrased overview of “Oxford Supplementary Skills — Reading (Intermediate)”. Specific contents and features may vary by edition.