Three reading phases and their applications in reading classes

4.1. Pre-Reading Phase 
Table 1 
Teachers’ answers to the first part of the questionnaire 
 
 
 
QUESTIONS 
 
ALWAYS
 (N
) 
 
SOMETIMES (N
) 
 
NEVER (
N
) 
 
f %
f %
f %
1)
Before reading activity I give background knowledge about the subject of the 
work. 
6 2.30 4 1.53 0 0 
2)
Before reading I give information about the subject of the work by reading it 
quickly. 
3 1.15 5 1.92 2 .76
3) 
Before reading I give information about the subject of the work by using the 
title of the work. 
5 1.92 4 1.53 1 .38
4) 
Before reading I give information about the subject of the work using some 
related pictures. 
6 2.30 4 1.53 0 0
5) 
Before reading I give information about the subject of the work using the 
students’ previous knowledge about the author/poet. 
5 1.92 5 1.92 0 0
6) 
Before reading I give background knowledge about the period in which the 
work was written. 
3 1.15 7 2.69 0 0
7) 
Before reading I give background knowledge about the author/poet of the work. 3 1.15 6 2.30 1 .38
8) 
Before reading I give background knowledge about the characters of the work. 2 .76 7 2.69 1 .38
9) 
Before reading I give background knowledge about the linguistic/stylistic 
features of the work. 
3 1.15 5 1.92 2 .76
10) 
Before reading I give background knowledge about the cultural features of the 
work. 
2 .76 8 3.07 0 0
11) 
Before reading I want my students to make a research on cultural background 
of the work. 
0 0 8 3.07 2 .76