## Tips

Before you start reading:
Don’t start reading straight away.
First look at the title, the picture and highlighted words.
These can help you understand what the text is about.
Read the introduction.
Read the questions before you start reading the text.
If you see multiple-choice questions, look at the options and try to see what the differences are.
While reading:
It will be very very difficult to understand everything you are going to read.
If you see a word you do not know, it is very important to ask yourself if this word is important to understand the text.
If you understand the text without knowing the word, there is no need to use
a dictionary. If the word is important to understand the text (and / or to answer questions) go ahead and use your dictionary! Just make sure you don’t use the dictionary all the time!