Reading Skill
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Ghulam Zohra
Pirzada
Techniques and Critical
Analysis of Diverse Texts
Enhancing Reading
Proficiency:
Understanding Reading Proficiency
Defining reading proficiency is essential
for developing effective strategies. We will
examine the components of proficient
reading, including fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension.
Techniques for
Vocabulary
Enhancement
Expanding vocabulary is crucial for
improving reading proficiency. We
will explore methods such as
contextual analysis, word mapping,
and word association to bolster
vocabulary skills.
Critical Analysis
of Texts
Developing critical analysis skills is
essential for engaging with diverse
texts. We will discuss approaches
for analyzing literary elements, such
as theme, symbolism, and character
development
Reading
Comprehension
Reading comprehension is the ability
to read text, process it, and
understand its meaning. It involves
making connections between words
and ideas, as well as drawing
conclusions and inferences.
Good reading comprehension
requires active engagement in the
text, as well as an understanding of
the text’s structure, purpose, and
context.
Promoting
Comprehension
Enhancing comprehension is a key
objective in reading proficiency. We will
explore strategies such as visualizing,
questioning, and summarizing to foster
deep understanding of texts.
Why do we need to
comprehend?
Reading It enables us to It helps us to It increases our
comprehension extract and build on our vocabulary and
helps us better comprehend existing improves our
understand the meaningful knowledge and writing and
written word and information from develop our speaking abilities.
how to effectively the text. critical thinking
communicate skills.
with others.
Four Reading
Styles
Scanning
Skimming
Intensive Reading
Extensive Reading
Skimming
Skimming reading is a fast
reading technique used to
quickly identify key ideas,
facts, and figures in a text. It
involves quickly scanning the
text to locate specific
information, without reading
the text
Skimming in full.
is used to get a
general understanding of the
content or to identify the main
topics.
Steps in Skimming a Text
Before reading, scan Read the text with Highlight or make
the text to gain an purpose. Begin with notes on the
overall understanding the introduction and important points. This
of its content. Look for conclusion, then move will help you review
keywords, main ideas, to the main body of the material quickly
and subtopics. the text. Focus on key and effectively.
words, topics, and
ideas.
Scanning
Scanning reading is a reading
technique that involves quickly
skimming a text in order to
locate specific information. It is
used when the reader knows
what they are looking for and
need to find it quickly.
Scanning reading requires the
reader to skim the text in order
to quickly identify the desired
information.
Steps in Scanning a Text
Take a few moments Read the material After you have read
to read the title, carefully and look for and taken notes,
introduction, and any key words or ideas. summarize the
headings or graphics. Take notes as you go material in a few
Make a quick along to help you sentences or bullet
prediction about the remember and points. This will help
topic or the main idea understand the you remember the
of the text. material. main points and make
sure that you have
accurately understood
Intensive
Reading
Intensive reading is a method
of reading that is focused and
in-depth. It involves reading
text carefully and slowly,
paying attention to details, and
looking up unfamiliar words
and concepts.
Intensive reading is typically
used to gain a deeper
understanding of the text or to
understand a particular concept.
Why Read Intensively?
Intensive reading Intensive reading Intensive reading can
helps to improve encourages critical also help to improve a
comprehension by thinking by allowing person’s vocabulary.
forcing readers to readers to question By reading more
slow down and the text and draw challenging material,
analyze the text in their own conclusions. readers are exposed
greater detail. This This helps readers to to unfamiliar words
allows for a deeper think more deeply. and concepts that
understanding of the they may not have
material. encountered.
Extensive
Reading
Extensive reading is a method
of language learning that
involves a large amount of
reading of authentic materials,
such as novels, magazines,
newspapers, and other texts.
The goal of extensive reading
is to help learners to become
fluent in a language and to
increase their knowledge of the
language.
Why Read Extensively?
Extensive reading With regular practice, By reading a variety
allows students to students become of texts, students
develop their reading more familiar with the become more
proficiency and structure of written interested in reading
expand their texts and this helps and develop a greater
vocabulary. them to better appreciation for the
comprehend what activity. This
they read. encourages them to
read more and even
seek out new texts.
Read Between
the lines
Readers make inferences to fill in
gaps in information by combining
textual or visual clues with their own
knowledge and experiences. An
inference is a understanding based
on the provided evidence and what
we already know. To. find meanings
that are intended but that are not
directly expressed in something said
or written Example: She said she
could afford it, but reading
between the lines I don't think
Reading and
critically analyzing
different
text types
(e.g. Newspapers, Official documents,
blogs).
Different Type of Text
Newspaper: Documents: Blog:
The newspaper is an A document is a form This is combined version
example of of information that of the words “web” and
informational text might be useful to a “log.” Blogs were simply
because it gives user or set of users. an online diary where
information of all the This information can people could keep a log
things/events be in digital and non- about their daily lives on
happening in and digital forms. the web. This is forum for
around. Accordingly, a individuals and
document can be businesses alike to share
Types of
Academic Text
The four main types of academic writing are
descriptive, analytical, persuasive and
critical. Each of these types of writing has
specific language features and purposes. In
many academic texts you will need to use
more than one type.
Examples of academic writing include
book reviews, critique papers, essays,
movie analyses, reports, research
papers, articles, or expository texts.
Reading is a
journey...
and the books are the wings that will
take you there.
Thank You!
