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What is the purpose of pre-reading?
What is the purpose of pre-reading?
What type of reading involves summarizing and paraphrasing?
What type of reading involves summarizing and paraphrasing?
What is the main goal of inferential reading?
What is the main goal of inferential reading?
Which type of reading is described as more passive and aims at providing enjoyment and entertainment?
Which type of reading is described as more passive and aims at providing enjoyment and entertainment?
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What does Functional Reading aim to help students learn?
What does Functional Reading aim to help students learn?
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Which skill involves clarifying the purpose, reading titles and headings, and checking illustrations?
Which skill involves clarifying the purpose, reading titles and headings, and checking illustrations?
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In which type of reading does a student read a college application form to understand how to fill it out?
In which type of reading does a student read a college application form to understand how to fill it out?
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What does mastering basic reading skills enable a reader to do?
What does mastering basic reading skills enable a reader to do?
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Which type of reading aims to correct the effects of poor teaching and poor learning?
Which type of reading aims to correct the effects of poor teaching and poor learning?
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What does rapid reading aim to do?
What does rapid reading aim to do?
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Study Notes
Types of Reading
- Developmental Reading: a systematic instruction to develop students' reading skills, e.g. Ryan reads a long text to improve his reading comprehension skills.
- Pleasure Reading: a passive type of reading for enjoyment and entertainment, e.g. Karen reads her favorite book to relax.
- Functional Reading: designed to help students learn basic functional reading abilities, e.g. Felipe reads a college application form to understand how to fill it out.
- Remedial Reading: aims to correct the effects of poor teaching and poor learning, e.g. Francis reads a pronunciation chart with his teacher to correct his pronunciation.
Reading Process
- Pre-reading: aims to induce motivation and activate background knowledge.
- While-reading: rereading the text until fully understanding its meaning.
- Post-reading: checking understanding of the text.
Basic Reading Skills
- Vocabulary acquisition
- Pre-reading strategies
- Textual comprehension
- Organizational skills
- Response techniques
- Mastering basic reading skills enables increased reading speed, comprehension, and overall vocabulary.
Reading Techniques
- Rapid Reading: aims to locate specific information or main idea in a short span of time.
- Skimming: getting the main idea by reading through the text quickly.
- Scanning: getting specific information from a given text.
- Previewing: a skill that involves clarifying the purpose, reading title and headings, and checking illustrations and visuals.
Critical Reading
- Involves close and thorough evaluation of claims in the text.
- Distinguishing facts from opinion.
- Detecting logical fallacies (faulty reasoning).
Inferential Reading
- Refers to the process of deducing facts and ideas not directly expressed in the text.
- Involves reading between the lines.
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Test your knowledge on fundamental reading skills including the reading process and basic reading skills such as pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading strategies. Understand the importance of activating background knowledge and constantly practicing to develop reading fluency.
