ASSIGNMENT OF COMMUNICATION

ON READING SKILLS

Submitted by

Umair Ahmad to

Miss Sobia

READING SKILLS

Reading; • Reading is a process of retrieving the meaning of stored

information or ideas.

• The action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud: "suggestions for further reading"; "reading skills".

• Written or printed matter that can be read: "his main reading was detective stories".

Reading skills; • Reading skills enable readers to turn writing into meaning

and achieve the goals of reading independence, comprehension, and fluency. If reading skills appear to be lacking, then a reading skills assessment is recommended

THE PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE OF READING

• To acquire knowledge • Reading helps in mental development• Improvement of conversational skills• Helps readers to decipher new words• Developing vocabulary, language skills• If the reader don't know anything about a subject, then it will be

difficult for him to grab the information.

THE WAY TO UNDERSTAND READING:Two ways:• 1. calling words – ability to recognize word structures• 2. understand words – ability to understand the meaning

within the context of the words

One does not exist without the other.

Types of readings

Hare are basic three ways to classify reading skills;

Reading according to

purpose

According to reading

performance

According to Reading

Instruction Program

1. READING ACCORDING TO PURPOSE.

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1(B). SCANNING • Look for specific

information in the text

• It makes you “skip more than you read.”

• Also called search reading

Scanning -

looking for a particular piece of information

1.(A) SKIMMING;•General understanding of the whole text• Fastest type of reading based on purpose• Also called rapid-survey reading

Skimming - running the eyes over quickly, to get the gist

1(C).DETAILED STUDY READING;• Requires serious reading and proper

note taking

• Uses the method of reading called SQ3R (Survey, Question, Reading, Recall, Review)

• This reading works well in research projects and academic study.

1(D). INTENSIVE READING;• Also called word-for-word type of

reading

• Requires one to read materials related to his/her field of specialization

• The object of intensive reading demands a great deal of content-area reading.

1(F). EXTENSIVE READING -• Also called light-type of reading • Reading for leisure

• You love what you read.

• longer texts for pleasure and needing global understanding

1(G).LITERATURE READING• Not mainly for pleasure… but

• Intends to familiarize readers with different genres of literature pieces: novels, short stories, biographies, dramas, epics, etc…

2. ACCORDING TO READING PERFORMANCE /RATE OF UNDERSTANDING

2. ACCORDING TO READING PERFORMANCE /RATE OF UNDERSTANDING

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2(A).SPEED READING;• Information tends to stay

superficially in one’s mind.

• Not a good method if your objective is to gain a deeper understanding of the text

SUBVOCALIZED READING;• One recognizes the form of the word and

internally sounds it in the mind the way one pronounces it as a spoken word.

• Focuses primarily on the form, stress, intonation, phrasing of the language

• This prevents one from quick reading and comprehension of the text.

PROOFREADING• To see typographical errors

• Proofreading vs. editing

SPE (STRUCTURE PROPOSITION EVALUATION);

• Three stages1.Recognizing language structures

2.Making inferences

3.Evaluation of ideas, reasons, or conclusions• Judgment is withheld until the text is

fully understood.

MI (MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES);• Enhances not only analytical

intelligence but practical intelligence as well

1.Musical intelligence2.Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence3.Spatial intelligence4.Interpersonal intelligence5.Intrapersonal intelligence

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1.READ ALOUD• Many teachers use this in

instruction.

• Students will learn good expressions, proper pacing, and correct pronunciation.

SHARED READING;• Both the teacher and student

take turns in reading portions of the text.

• It is also called as group reading.

• Enhance IQ level.

• It is necessary for students

GUIDED READING• Reader is left alone to do silent

reading.• But the reader is motivated by the

teacher by various strategies. using contextual clues, examining illustrations, activating schemata• Reader is not totally left alone.

FLUENCY READING;• Main objective: To gain mastery of the Pronunciation, Phrasing, Pausing, Intonation, Stress of the text.• Progress: measured by the number of words one can read aloud and

comprehensions Qs answered correctly.

INDEPENDENT READING• One chooses the material s/he wants to

read.

• Still, the teacher helps you become an independent reader by surrounding your with interesting reading materials.

DEVELOPMENTAL READING• Aims to refine one’s reading comprehension skills

by letting reader experience different reading stages:

1.Reading readiness in the nursery and kindergarten level

2.Beginning reading in Grades 1 and 23.Rapid growth in Grades 3 and 44.Refining and widening reading in the intermediate,

HS, college level, and beyond the tertiary level

SELECTIVE OR KEY-WORD READING• Characterized by skimming and

scanning

• Mainly focuses on a specific or principal portion of the text to have a general view or holistic understanding of the reading material

REMEDIAL READING• One submits himself/herself to a reading program

that will give him/her special reading sessions under the guidance of a reading specialist.

• This requires one to reflect on thoughts.• If a reader lags behind with regard to his

vocabulary knowledge, reading comprehension abilities, and reading attitudes, he must submit himself to a reading program that gives special reading sessions under the guidance of a reading specialist.

STRATEGIC READING • Regarded by some as the latest type of reading• Thinking aloud about what you reading or thinking of• You read with your eyes, but you also verbalize what you think

about the text, thus, letting your mind focus on the correct responses to the questions about the passage. • Also called as meta-cognitive, meta-thinking, meta-reading, or

meta-comprehension• Requires a reader to be alert, awake, and active• A reader uses or practices HOTS (higher-order thinking skills)