The Art and Strategies of

Readingمن بها نقرأ التي الطريقة في للتفكير :دعوة

Dr Mohamed Abdelrahim

Thinking About How You Think

To improve your reading, you need to understand what happens in other peoples’ minds while they read. You may even do these things already. You just don’t know it…yet.

المتميزين القراء عقول قراءة

Good Reading Habits Good readers have developed good reading

habits. We call these habits strategies. Strategies help readers realize, associate

with, and define the importance of what they are reading. They also imagine, ask

questions about, and read between the lines of what they read.

للغوص استراتيجيات تسمى وهذه القراءة في عادة منا لكلوالعالم الذات الى ومنه داخله والعيش النص اعماق في

الطعن الدولة سيف وعادة تعودا ما دهره من أمريء لكلالعدا !!!في

The Reading StrategiesThere are seven reading strategies.There are seven reading strategies.

Make connectionsMake connectionsAsk QuestionsAsk QuestionsDetermine SignificanceDetermine SignificanceInfer and PredictInfer and PredictVisualizeVisualizeSynthesizeSynthesize الجمل او والعبارات االفكار الجمل بعض او والعبارات االفكار بعض

تملكها الجميلة الجميلة ويمكنك بالذهن تملكها تعلق ويمكنك بالذهن تعلق

Use Fix Up StrategiesUse Fix Up Strategies

Make Connections: The Art of Texting!!

Text to Self (similar events in your Text to Self (similar events in your life)life)Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., etc.)etc.)Text to Life (real world events)Text to Life (real world events)

ووجدانية عقلية مراسالتالمادة وبين بينك

Make Connections Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:

What do I already know about What do I already know about this?this?Has anything similar ever Has anything similar ever happened to me?happened to me?How would I feel if this How would I feel if this happened to me?happened to me?Can I relate to the characters?Can I relate to the characters?Does this story remind me of Does this story remind me of something?something?

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عاللق

أخلو

ساءت

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وبنك

بينية

جداو

صالن

Make Connections

CONNECT yourself to the text!CONNECT yourself to the text!Go passed the Go passed the OBVIOUS!OBVIOUS!

أخلق رابط وبين بينكوال النصتكتف بظاهره

Ask QuestionsWhat don’t you get?What don’t you get?What do you get?What do you get?What words don’t you What words don’t you understand?understand?What other questions What other questions do you have?do you have?What do you wonder What do you wonder about as you read?about as you read?

جرد حساب

Why Ask Questions?Asking questions helps keep you Asking questions helps keep you attentive to the text. attentive to the text. If your mind wanders, you will If your mind wanders, you will not understand. Then you will be not understand. Then you will be bored.bored.If you run into problems, things If you run into problems, things you just don’t understand, then you just don’t understand, then you can check yourself with a you can check yourself with a question.question.

Determine ImportancePick and choose which Pick and choose which particulars are the most particulars are the most important to remember.important to remember.•Think about what a teacher Think about what a teacher might ask on a test.might ask on a test.•Think about what the author Think about what the author hints might be important later hints might be important later on.on.

تكون النص في ثقل مركز دائما دائما هناكالهدف هي

Why Determine Importance?

Anything you read contains a Anything you read contains a lot of information. lot of information. You cannot You cannot remember everything.remember everything. By By deciding what is important, you deciding what is important, you don’t have to remember don’t have to remember everything. You can place in everything. You can place in order the information you need order the information you need in order to understand.in order to understand.

Infer and Predict

Good readers are like Good readers are like detectives.detectives.They use clues to determine They use clues to determine what is happening in a what is happening in a story.story.This is called INFERENCE!This is called INFERENCE!

كشرطي الفطن القاريءويستوحي يستقريء المباحث ويتنبأ

Infer and Predict

Good readers also make Good readers also make educated guesses about educated guesses about what may happen later in what may happen later in the story.the story.They use the author’s They use the author’s hints to PREDICT what will hints to PREDICT what will most likely occur.most likely occur.

واشاراته الكاتب ايحاءات استخدامونواتجه النص بغرض التكهن لمحاولة

Infer and PredictAsk Yourself:Ask Yourself:What isn’t stated that I have What isn’t stated that I have figured out?figured out?What do I predict will What do I predict will happen?happen?Why do I think so?Why do I think so?

Infer and Predict

REMEMBER:REMEMBER: KNOWLEDGE + TEXT = KNOWLEDGE + TEXT = INFERENCEINFERENCE

السينما فيالى ننجذبونخلق الفيلمعن ذهنية صورة

للنهاية توقعاتنا

Visualize

Picture in your mind the images Picture in your mind the images the author creates with his/her the author creates with his/her words.words. انطباع تترك موسيقية كالحان انطباع الكلمات تترك موسيقية كالحان الكلماتمعينمعين Pay close attention to sensory Pay close attention to sensory details. For example, if you were details. For example, if you were there, what would you SEE, HEAR, there, what would you SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE, TOUCH, FEEL?SMELL, TASTE, TOUCH, FEEL?

Why Visualize? If you don’t picture the If you don’t picture the events of the story, you events of the story, you will get bored.will get bored. The author’s job is to The author’s job is to paint pictures in the paint pictures in the reader’s mind. The reader’s mind. The reader’s job is to visualize reader’s job is to visualize what the author what the author describes.describes. Why not?Why not?

القراءةوالفهم

كالعالقةبينمغنيأو

ستمعموسيقاروم

متذوق

SynthesizeSynthesize is a fancy way of Synthesize is a fancy way of saying that you must bring saying that you must bring everything together in the end. everything together in the end. In other words, what is the In other words, what is the meaning of what you are meaning of what you are reading?reading? النص في واالفكار الصور مختلف تجميع

عنه منظور لتكوين بعضها مع

SynthesizeAsk Yourself:Ask Yourself:

o What does it all mean?What does it all mean?oWhat’s the big idea?What’s the big idea?o Are there questions still left Are there questions still left unanswered?unanswered?o What are the lessons I should What are the lessons I should learn?learn?o What do I think about this What do I think about this book?book?

Use Fix Up Strategies

Make sure you are understanding Make sure you are understanding what you are reading. When you what you are reading. When you run into trouble, (you just don’t run into trouble, (you just don’t get it), use little correction get it), use little correction strategies to help you figure out strategies to help you figure out what went wrong. We call these what went wrong. We call these methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.

Use Fix Up StrategiesHere are some examples of Fix Up Here are some examples of Fix Up Strategies:Strategies:☻ Re-read Re-read ☻UnderlineUnderline☻Use a DictionaryUse a Dictionary☻Read AloudRead Aloud☻Ask for HelpAsk for Help

Why Use Strategies?Strategies create a plan of attack.

Then you can solve any reading problems yourself.

Strategies help you learn HOW to understand. If you know HOW to understand, then you are more likely TO understand.

Strategies help you realize HOW you are thinking so that you can think more deeply and more consciously.

Why Use Strategies?You may be using some or all You may be using some or all of these strategies already. of these strategies already. You just may not know it. You just may not know it. However, as you learn to read However, as you learn to read more complicated materials, more complicated materials, you WILL NEED to use these you WILL NEED to use these strategies purposefully. strategies purposefully.

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دعتني • حيث قبول صديقتي من دعوة اليوم تلقيت . وعندما ، بسرور وقبلتها الدعوة تقبلت مقابلتها الىالجامعة في بقبولها أخبرتني نتحدث وجلسنا قابلتهامقبولة . صديقتها عن سألتها وفرحا احتراما فقبلتهابحمد ولكنها مرور لحادث تعرضت أنها منها فعلمت

للشفاء قابلة .الله• A story of a romantic relationship

• A lesson about derivation in Arabic.• Good news about a girl friend.• Bad news about a girl who had an accident

ReferencesSlide shares adaptedAuthor's Arabic texts