READING SKILLS

ENGN01G/COMN01AMS. LAARNI V. PEREZ

1. SCANNING• Rapid reading assisted by key words:

locate pieces of info • What, who where, when, how• Examples: • Looking for a word meaning in the

dictionary• Getting a docu from the filing cabinet• Looking through the yellow pages

2. SKIMMING• Rapid reading focusing on the TITLE,

HEADINGS, TOPIC SENTENCE, SIGN POSTS to get the main idea

• Examples:• Surveying a chapter/article• Reviewing something you’ve read• Choosing a magazine/book to buy in the

bookstore

3. NOTING DETAILS• Factual reading, directly concerned with

remembering items in the selection• Called as such bec. you write down or

take into memory• Examples:• For stories – chars, settings, etc.• For essays - facts

4. MAKING INFERENCES• Making educated GUESS based on

available info read or observed• Sensing relas. not stated but implied by

the author• CAVEAT: don’t jump into inaccurate

conclusions• Examples: getting meaning of words

through context clues, or the main idea, inferring feeling

5. PREDICTING OUTCOMES• Intelligent GUESSING of future

behavior/actions based on present or past actions/behaviors, tendencies, or based on facts

• Examples:• Predicting a possible ending of a novel• Predicting the reaction of your mom

when she sees your card

6. DRAWING CONCLUSIONS• Giving JUDGMENT based on written

materials/observed facts• CAVEAT: Your statement must consist of

factual EVIDENCES to support it.• Examples:• Drawing conclusions fr. read

academic/technical writing• What you can say abt P-Noy regarding the

case of the terrorism that happened

7. MAKING COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

• Reading that focuses on the similarities & differences of RELEVANT DETAILS in a text or RELEVANT DETAILS in 1 text compared & contrasted to details of another text

• Examples:• Comparing and contrasting the artificial

intelligences in A.I. Movie with that of the Terminator movie

8. SENSING CAUSE & EFFECT RELATIONSHIP• C-E relationship describes something that

happens (effect) and why it happens (cause) • Ex.

Our basketball team lost the championship game because our star player got sick.

9. DISTINGUISHING FACT FR. OPINION

• When engaged in critical reading, it is a must to learn to evaluate the material you read; you must be able to distinguish bet. Fact and Opinion.

• Fact – verifiable truth• Opinion – personal belief or judgment, w/out

actual proof of its truth• Ex. Stars are actually suns.

KINDS OF READING

• According to purpose & manner of comprehending

1. SCANNING

2. SKIMMING

3. EXPLORATORY READING

• Aims to get a fairly accurate picture of a whole presentation of ideas; how the whole selection is presented

• Allots more time for reading• Examples:• Long articles in mags., short stories,

descriptive texts

4. ANALYTIC READING

• Demands careful attention to each word & its importance in relation to other words in the sentence or parag.

• Examples:• Reading mathematical problems,

scientific formulas, and certain definitive statements of key ideas that require a questioning/inquisitive mind

6. CRITICAL READING

• Reader stops to consider the facts carefully, “take time to read in order to the get facts straight”• Examples:• Reading done in periodicals, books,

ads which are loaded with propaganda devices designed to sway opinions

7. EXTENSIVE READING Reading in your own pace for leisure

8. RECREATIONAL/LEISURE READING

9. INTENSIVE READINGSerious, IN-DEPTH reading for research work or a report

10. STUDY READING

11. DEVELOPMENTAL READING

• When a reader is under a comprehensive reading program that lets him go through stages & monitors him closely• Examples:• SRA• ARC