Introduction

"INSTRUMENTAL ENGLISH" is an approach to teaching that takes into account the needs of the individual who needs to develop the foreign language. Thus, the professional or student with specific goals seeks to quickly fill the gaps related to the use of the English language in their professional and academic activities.

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DEVELOPING APTITUDES • According to Scott (1983), it's not so difficult to deal with texts in the English language. One must take into consideration the similarities between Portuguese and English, both in grammar and vocabulary. Reading strategies will apply to your readings in Portuguese as well. Besides the reading strategies, the data below also convey to us quite positive aspects of dealing with texts in the English language.

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• The vocabulary of academic texts consists of 20% cognate words;

• 60% of the text is composed of the 250 most common words in the English language;

• Out of these 250 words, it is assumed that the reader knows at least 50.

• The article "the" accounts for 10% of a text;

• Three words, in four, are familiar;

• Content words, cognates or not, are repeated several times.

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YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: You Are What You Read

• A skilled reader manages to capitalize on their readings. They extract important insights from everything they read and never think "what was it that I read again?"