Different Reading Strategies, Which one do you use ?

Details about the different reading strategies

1. Reading Strategies

2. ― Victor Hugo “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

3. 01 Lesson Objectives These are the objectives

4. Skim , Scan Identify different reading styles for specific purposes. Use the appropriate reading styles in various tasks and activities. Demonstrate understanding on the importance of reading styles. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

5. Scanning Extensive Reading Skimming Main ways of Reading Intensive Reading

6. Scanning is reading rapidly in order to find specific facts. It is a technique often used to search for key words or ideas. It is used when one knows what he/she is looking for. So he/she is concentrating on finding a particular answer. People scan to find facts and to answer questions. Scanning Remember the moments

7. Scanning involves looking only for specific information (such as keywords, numbers, names, etc.) while omitting other details. If your purpose of reading is to search for specific information that may be somewhere a text or graph, scanning is appropriate to use. Scanning Remember the moments

8. Decide what kind of information you are looking for- for example, a number , a date , a person’s name. Look only for that information. Do not read every word in every sentence. Use headings and any other aids that will help you identify which sections might contain the information you are looking for. Selectively read and skip through sections of the passage . How to scan: Remember the moments

9. Scan the following:

10. What is the name of the airport shown in the image? A nswer: Cairo International Airport 2. What is the gate number for the flight to Sharm El Sheikh? A nswer: G27 3. What is the estimated departure time for the flight to Muscat? A nswer: 23:00 4. Which flight is scheduled to depart to Istanbul? Answer : TK 695 Answer the following:

11. Skimming involves reading to get the main idea of the material before looking for certain details that back it up. If your purpose is to read quickly through a text to gain an overview of its content, you are going to use skimming strategy. Skimming Remember the moments

12. Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a general overview of the material. Skimming means read very fast to find only the main idea or gist. Remember that the first sentence usually prepares the reader for the paragraph. Skimming

13. Read the title if there is one. R ead the introduction or the first paragarpah if there is one. R ead the first sentence of every paragraph. N otice if there’s any pictures, charts or graphs. N otice any italicized or boldfaced words or phrase. R ead the sumary or past paragraph if there is one. How to Skim: Remember the moments

14. Intensive reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks. If you aim to read a text thoroughly to understand and remember what you have read and get the meaning of it, you are having the intensive reading strategy. Intensive Reading

15. Look up an unfamiliar word in a dictionary. Reading to study. Note taking and attention to details. Used in shorter text to get important details. Involves close reading for specific information. Understanding each word is necessary. Intensive Reading is….

16. Academic textbook Reports News articles Short stories Blog posts Materials used: Remember the moments

17. Extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and developing general reading skills. If you want to develop your independence, comprehension, and general knowledge, extensive reading is needed. Extensive Reading Remember the moments

18. Reading longer texts for entertainment purposes. Enhances fluency and speed in reading and understanding. Fewer efforts and reading for the sake of pleasure. Extensive reading is….

19. Reading a short story Reading an online series Comic books Novels Fashion magazines Etc. M aterial used:

20. Check! Checklist The reader knows what he is searching for selective Finding out the required data To spot specific facts S canning The reader is not familiar with the text. Quick To take a birds-eye view of the text Skimming Reading out the maximum content in minimum time

21. Activities

22. _____________1. Maria looks for her friend’s number in her phonebook. What reading style does she use? _____________2. Joselito will be having a long quiz the next day. He needs to review the lessons discussed but he does not want to reread everything. Which reading style is appropriate to use? _____________3. Ana loves reading novels, short stories, journals, magazines, and newspapers . What reading style does she have? Study each of the situations below then identify the reading style applied in them . Write your answer on the blank provided before the number.

23. _____________4. Tonio picks a poem “To the Filipino Youth” by Jose Rizal for him to interpret. He translates every difficult word, thinks about the meaning of it, and relate with the poem and its author. What is his reading style? _____________5. Elena and Liza are both sports lovers. So, they keep on waiting for the results of their favorite volleyball team game on the newspaper’s sports page. They only look for the score of the winning team. Which reading style do they apply? _____________6. Manang Nena reads just the title and the leading sentence in the first paragraph of the text. She gets already the point of the author . What reading strategy does she use?

24. ANSWER 1. Scanning 2. Skimming 3. Extensive 4. Intensive 5. Scanning 6. Skimming

25. To deepen your understanding on the topic, accomplish this task and decide which reading strategy you would use in the following cases. Write only the number of your answer in the box where you think each of them belongs. Skimming Scanning intensive extensive              

26. 1. Looking for the top 10 hits in the MYX Facebook Fan Page. 2. Checking your inbox if there are unread or new messages. 3. Doing a quick research by collecting information, reading a couple of paragraphs and taking the main ideas of each. 4. Reading the school’s rules and regulations in a student handbook. 5. Reviewing the opinions of the customers about the services rendered by the crews from the evaluation sheets. 6. Choosing different reading materials for free and most especially those that are Interesting. 7. Replying to emails. 8. Reading a lot of articles in magazines and stories in Wattpad for fun.

27. ANSWER ANSWER Skimming Scanning intensive extensive  3 and 5  1 and 2  4 and 7  6 and 8    

28. GENERALIZATION Let us recap our lesson; what are the reading strategies we discussed?

29. On the blank, write TRUE if the statement is valid and FALSE if otherwise. If the statement is FALSE, make it correct. Example: Skimming is the most time-consuming of all the reading techniques. Answer: False, Intensive reading _____________1. Scanning includes looking for the main ideas of the article. _____________2. Looking up the synonym of the word “boisterous” in the dictionary is an example of scanning. _____________3. Skimming is quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of information.

30. _____________4. Extensive reading style does not work for those who find reading uninteresting and tiring. _____________5. Intensive reading does not focus on closely following a shorter text, doing exercises with it, and learning it in detail. _____________6. It is good to scan a story if you want to read it slowly. _____________7. Key words and numbers can help with skimming.

31. ANSWER ANSWER False – skimming True False - Scanning True False - focuses False – Quickly 7.False - scanning

32. The Process Process selective Scanning Step 01 Quick Skimming Step 02 F or understanding meaning of the text Intensive reading Step 03 F or pleasure Extensive reading Step 04

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