Reading Skills

What we need to use in order to read fast?

• Use more of energy.

• Use more of hand.

• Use more of knowledge.

• Use more of brain.

Efficient reading strategies such as :

• Predicting and assessing.

• Scanning, Skimming and careful reading.

• Skimming, Intensive and extensive.

• Reading, noting down points and understanding.

How to skim?

• Start at the beginning of the reading and glide over the text very quickly.

• Read all the text in total.

• Note any bold prints and graphics.

• Find specific pieces of information.

What is TRUE about scanning?

• To quickly locate specific information from a large quantity of written material.

• Sweeping your eyes over part of a text to find specific pieces of information.

• Look at headings or graphic elements to gain an overview of a text.

• Identify the section(s) of the text that you probably need to read.

What is Skimming?

• To look carefully and quickly at the written material so as to locate something.

• Ability to convey information verbally and in a way that the listener can understand.

• A way of reading something in a fast manner so as to grasp the main points.

• Process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something.

In critical reading, linking ideas in the text to other ....

• information

• topics

• ideas and texts

• paragraph

How to improving reading skills?

• Interest, Initiative and practice.

• Practice, Space The Training Out and Frequently Test Yourself.

• expository, persuasive, descriptive, and narrative.

Examples of Important Skills.

• Chronological order

• Discussion on problems

• Compare and contrast

• Read out loud

What is FALSE about Intersive reading?

• Running your eye very quickly over large chunks of text.

• When you have finished, go back to the unfamiliar vocabulary.

• Start at the beginning.

• Speak to your tutor if your difficulty continues.

What is objective of scanning?

• To take a bird-eye view of the text.

• Own knowledge of the subject.

• To spot and cast specific facts.