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An English teacher decides to use the excerpt at the end of the text and compare it to the content of the film “the Great Gatsby”, which all students have seen. Several students immediately say the word “wafer” is unknown to them. Interested in developing reading comprehension strategies in their classes, in the specific case of the word “wafer” the teacher tells students to

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C) read the word out loud; the confrontation between oral and written forms of the word will lead to comprehension.

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A) skim the excerpt to understand the writer’s main ideas: that will be the best clue for their guessing of the word.

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B) check the dictionary for definitions of the word, and carefully choose the meaning that best fits the context.

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D) check if the word is essential to comprehension of the excerpt; if it proves not to be, it can be ignored.

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E) go back to the movie and find the scene described in the excerpt; then, compare text and film.

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