THE PURPOSE OF POST-READING ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING

Post-reading activities give students the opportunity to review, summarize, and react to a reading passage, and activities such as debates, role-plays, games, and discussions take place in small and large groups, as well as with the entire class. Some post-reading exercises also assess how well the students have comprehended the reading material, and they often consist or a text followed by questions that check the comprehension of specific details, main ideas, and inferences