Definition of Reading

Purposes of Reading

Kinds of Reading

Reading Process

Reading is the understanding of words and the

association between them

Reading is a productive skill

Reading plays an important role in present

lifestyle

85% of college work involves reading

Businesspeople spend 16% of their time on

reading

• Skimming means reading a passage, page, an

article, very quickly to find what it is about

• Its is fastest reading skill

• We can get main idea without worrying about

the details

• Scanning means looking quickly for a specific

piece of information

• We might scan a report for important facts and

figures

• Reader focuses on each and every word

• Intensive reading requires utmost attention

• The purpose of reading is to understand and

reproduce the main idea whenever required

• Small information gained from wide reading

• It is a type of pleasure reading

• No serious purpose its just the sake of reading

Read the Material

Think as you Read

Study pictures

Take Brief Note

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