Why should study reading ?

What reading skills should students acquire?

What are the principles behind studying reading ?

To be able to read texts in English either for careers, study or simply for pleasure

As the process of language acquisition

Provide opportunities to study language :

vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, the way to

construct sentences, paragraph and texts Good reading texts can introduce interesting

topics, stimulate discussion, excite imaginative responses and be the springboard for well-rounded ang fascinating lesson

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Skimming : is used to quickly gather the most important information, or ‘gist’. It is to get general idea what is about

Examples of skimming :

a. The newspaper (quickly to get the general news of the day)

b. Magazine (quickly to discover which you would like to read in more details)

c. Business and Travel Brochures (quickly to ger informed)

Scanning : is used to find a particular ‘bit’ piece of information.

Run your eyes over the text looking for the specific piece of information you need

Examples of Scanning :

a. The ‘What’s on TV’ section of your newspaper.b. A train / airplane schedule.c. Manual instruction book.

Extensive reading : is used to obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes reading longer texts for pleasure, as well as business books.

Use extensive reading skills to improve your general knowladge of business procedures.

Do not worry if you do not understand each word.

Examples of Extensive Reading :

a. The latest marketing strategy bookb. A novel you read before going to bedc. Magazine articles that interest you

Intessive reading : is used on shorter texts in order to extrac specific information.

It includes very close accurate reading for detail.Use intensive reading skills to grap the details of

a specific situation.In this case, it is important that you understand

each word, number of fact.

Examples of Intensive Reading :

a. A bookkeeping reportb. An insurance claimc. A contract

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Reading is not passive skill : it is an active occupation and to do it successfully, we need to understand what the word mean.

students should be encouraged to respond to the content of a reading text, not just to the language : to know the meaning, the message of the text is important, then you can respond to that message.

Prediction is a major factor in reading : the moment we get a hint-the book cover, the headline, the word-processed page-our brain starts predicting what we are going to read.

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