Lesson 4
KINDS OF READING
Reading is the process of getting meaning from the book and bringing meaning into it.
1. Skimming- This is the easiest and fastest kind of reading. If a reader skims reading material, he just reads the sign posts or clues in the selection such as the heading and the topic sentence.
**it is a rapid reading and you are only 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
2. Scanning- When the reader’s purpose is to locate a particular information in the text, he resorts to this kind of reading- scanning. He does this by browsing over the pages and giving a quick look over them.
**It’s also a rapid reading in which you’re only getting the keywords. Usually it answered by what, who, where, when, how.
Examples: looking for a word meaning in the dictionary, getting a document from the filing cabinet, looking through the yellow pages
3. Idea reading- This is to get the main idea of the material. This involves the three psychological processes of reading- Sensation, Perception, and Comprehension.
**you’re only getting the main idea on the paragraph.
4. Exploratory reading- This is done when the reader wants to know how the whole selection is presented.
**it aims to get the accurate picture of the whole presentation of ideas. How the whole selection is presented. It is referring to structure, method of paragraph development.
Examples: Long articles in magazines. , short stories, descriptive texts
5. Analytic reading- A careful examination of each work to identify word relationship is the main purpose of analytic reading.
**it is a careful attention to each word and its importance in relation to other words in the sentence or the paragraph.
Examples: Reading mathematical problems, scientific formulas, and certain definitive statements of key ideas that require a questioning/inquisitive mind
6. Critical reading- This makes the reader weigh facts, information, or ideas presented in the selection, so that he, too, can perform judgements or conclusions about them.
** In this, you are questioning, analysing, and evaluating the text using your critical thinking skills.
Examples: Reading done in periodicals, books, ads which are loaded with propaganda devices designed to sway opinions
7. Narcotic reading- This is done by a person who wants to get rid of his everyday troubles, depressions, frustrations, problems, through reading magazines, stories, novels, essays, and others.
**this is done by those people who are frustrated and depress and they use reading as their hobby to get rid of their problems.
8. Extensive reading- If the reader spends his leisure time by reading any kind of material that is interesting to him, he will consider his act of reading extensive reading.
**it is reading for pleasure and the main purpose of this is to relax and enjoy.
Examples: comics, humorous stories, tales, novels, short articles in the newspapers and magazines, jokes, and other forms of light reading materials
9. Intensive reading- Doing serious reading books, periodicals, and other library materials for research work or a report is the main concern of this kind of reading.
**it is a careful or in-depth reading
Examples: the kind of reading you do when you study, prepare a term paper, or an oral report
10. Developmental reading- In case the reading activities of a person are under a comprehensive reading program that consists of several stages starting from the reader’s preschool period to his collegiate level developmental reading is the kind of reading that this reader submits to himself.
** It is done when a reader is under a comprehensive reading program that lets him go through stages & monitors him.
KINDS OF READING
Reading is the process of getting meaning from the book and bringing meaning into it.
1. Skimming- This is the easiest and fastest kind of reading. If a reader skims reading material, he just reads the sign posts or clues in the selection such as the heading and the topic sentence.
**it is a rapid reading and you are only 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
2. Scanning- When the reader’s purpose is to locate a particular information in the text, he resorts to this kind of reading- scanning. He does this by browsing over the pages and giving a quick look over them.
**It’s also a rapid reading in which you’re only getting the keywords. Usually it answered by what, who, where, when, how.
Examples: looking for a word meaning in the dictionary, getting a document from the filing cabinet, looking through the yellow pages
3. Idea reading- This is to get the main idea of the material. This involves the three psychological processes of reading- Sensation, Perception, and Comprehension.
**you’re only getting the main idea on the paragraph.
4. Exploratory reading- This is done when the reader wants to know how the whole selection is presented.
**it aims to get the accurate picture of the whole presentation of ideas. How the whole selection is presented. It is referring to structure, method of paragraph development.
Examples: Long articles in magazines. , short stories, descriptive texts
5. Analytic reading- A careful examination of each work to identify word relationship is the main purpose of analytic reading.
**it is a careful attention to each word and its importance in relation to other words in the sentence or the paragraph.
Examples: Reading mathematical problems, scientific formulas, and certain definitive statements of key ideas that require a questioning/inquisitive mind
6. Critical reading- This makes the reader weigh facts, information, or ideas presented in the selection, so that he, too, can perform judgements or conclusions about them.
** In this, you are questioning, analysing, and evaluating the text using your critical thinking skills.
Examples: Reading done in periodicals, books, ads which are loaded with propaganda devices designed to sway opinions
7. Narcotic reading- This is done by a person who wants to get rid of his everyday troubles, depressions, frustrations, problems, through reading magazines, stories, novels, essays, and others.
**this is done by those people who are frustrated and depress and they use reading as their hobby to get rid of their problems.
8. Extensive reading- If the reader spends his leisure time by reading any kind of material that is interesting to him, he will consider his act of reading extensive reading.
**it is reading for pleasure and the main purpose of this is to relax and enjoy.
Examples: comics, humorous stories, tales, novels, short articles in the newspapers and magazines, jokes, and other forms of light reading materials
9. Intensive reading- Doing serious reading books, periodicals, and other library materials for research work or a report is the main concern of this kind of reading.
**it is a careful or in-depth reading
Examples: the kind of reading you do when you study, prepare a term paper, or an oral report
10. Developmental reading- In case the reading activities of a person are under a comprehensive reading program that consists of several stages starting from the reader’s preschool period to his collegiate level developmental reading is the kind of reading that this reader submits to himself.
** It is done when a reader is under a comprehensive reading program that lets him go through stages & monitors him.