Reading Approach in English Teaching

Reading Techniques

• The primary goal of skimming is to quickly identify the main ideas or key points of a text.
• People may skim to find the main ideas, key terms, or concepts, or to determine the relevance of a text.
• Skimming is different from regular reading because it involves a more superficial and rapid reading of the text.

Improving Reading Skills

• Students can improve their ability to identify main ideas, recognize key terms, and increase their reading speed through the skimming approach.

Skimming Strategies

• One common strategy for skimming is NOT to read every word or sentence of a text.

Reading Skills

• An important skill developed in reading through the skimming approach is the ability to quickly identify the main ideas of a text.

Scanning

• Scanning is a reading technique that involves searching for specific information or keywords in a text.
• The purpose of scanning is to find specific information or answers to questions.

Extensive Reading

• Extensive reading involves reading a large quantity of texts, often for pleasure or to improve reading fluency.
• Extensive reading typically involves reading longer texts, such as novels, articles, or chapters, and can help improve reading comprehension and vocabulary.

Geography

• Europe's neighbors are physically and geographically described as Asia and Africa.

Literature

• European literature includes languages such as English, French, Spanish, and many others.

Poetry

• In 'Atlantis-A Lost Sonnet', Atlantis is a mythical place described by the poet.
• According to the speaker in 'Atlantis-A Lost Sonnet', the mythical place of Atlantis was lost.
• Eavan Boland is an Irish poet and writer.

Literary Devices

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'.