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What is the term used to describe quickly looking through a text to get a general idea of what it is about?
When reading for gist, you are mainly focused on ________________.
Which reading subskill involves deducing meaning from context?
What is the purpose of reading for specific information or scanning?
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Why might someone skim through a reference book?
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What is a key characteristic of reading?
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In reading, what do we need to connect the message of the text to?
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What helps us make sense of a sentence in reading, apart from understanding the language?
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Why is reading considered a receptive skill?
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What is discourse in reading connected by?
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Study Notes
What is Reading?
- Reading is a receptive language skill, involving responding to written text rather than producing it.
- It involves making sense of written text by understanding language at word, sentence, and whole-text levels.
- Reading also connects the text's message to our knowledge of the world.
Understanding Connected Text
- A text typically consists of a series of sentences, referred to as discourse.
- Discourse is connected by grammar, vocabulary, and our knowledge of the world.
- Understanding connections between sentences (coherence) and grammatical links between them (cohesion) is crucial for comprehension.
Reading Skills and Subskills
- Reading involves using different skills, including:
- Reading for specific information (scanning)
- Reading for gist (skimming)
- Reading for detail
- Inferring
- Deducing meaning from context
- Predicting
- Understanding text structure
- These skills help us read in different ways according to our purpose for reading.
Reading Purposes and Strategies
- Our reasons for reading influence how we read, i.e., which reading subskill we use.
- Scanning: reading to find specific information in a text, often glancing over most of the text.
- Skimming: reading to get a general idea of what a text is about, often glancing through a text quickly.
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Description
Learn about reading as a language skill, its importance, and how it involves making sense of written text by understanding the language and connecting it to one's knowledge of the world.
