Introducing the reading process & reading strategies

are declarative sentences that claim something is true about something else.

made to rebut a previous claim. They provide a contrasting perspective to  the main argument.

is defined as the details given by the author to support his/her claim.

is also a skills that can be improved through consistent practice.

is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive from a text. It is always an interaction between the text and the reader.

means looking at the readily visible parts of the text, like titles and subtitles, and also visuals  and graphics, pictures and charts. It helps familiarize you with the contents of the selection and focus on the important information in the text.

applying effective reading strategies are????

• connotation and denotation

• claims of facts, values, and policy

• previewing, skimming, scanning, context clues

• critical reading and counterclaims

the text means you look for the main point of the reading and identify the ideas that develop it. effectively means physically moving your eyes rapidly along the page and tracing your finger along the lines of the text to speed up your reading. It also involves quickly going through beginning and concluding sentences of paragraphs.

the reading is looking for specific information. To scan the text effectively, you need to have idea of the details you are looking for.

are words, phrases, and sentences that surround an unfamiliar word that can help you recognize the meaning of an unknown word because the text gives you information about it.