Reading Styles and Techniques PDF

GE1904 Introduction Reading Styles and Techniques These are the styles, systems, or practices in decoding symbols for better comprehension for communication and sharing of information and ideas. Cognitive Process — the process of thinki...

GE1904 Introduction Reading Styles and Techniques These are the styles, systems, or practices in decoding symbols for better comprehension for communication and sharing of information and ideas. Cognitive Process — the process of thinking and remembering Decoding — to recognize and interpret information Deriving — to take, receive, or obtain something from a specified source Language Acquisition — the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language Skimming — method of rapidly moving the eyes over text to get only the main ideas and general overview of the content o Pre-reading o Reviewing o Reading Scanning — finding specific information such as name, date, or fact without reading the entire article Phrase Reading — a grouping of words that go together to mean something; also known as ‘chunking.’ Non-Prose Reading o Graphs o Diagrams o Charts o Maps Deep Reading — an active process of thoughtful and deliberate reading to enhance comprehension and enjoyment of a text. Also called “slow reading” Critical Approaches to the Study of Literature Critical Approaches — are different perspectives we consider when examining a piece of literature. According to Rebecca Hooker. They seek to give us answers to these questions in addition to aiding us in interpreting literature: 01 Handout 1 *Property of STI Page 1 of 2  GE1904 o What do we read? o Why do we read? o How do we read? Deconstruction — suggests that language is not a stable entity and that we can never exactly say what we mean. Therefore, literature cannot give a reader any meaning because the language is too ambiguous. Feminist Criticism — this tries to correct a predominantly male-dominated critical perspective with a feminist consciousness. This form of criticism places literature in a social context and employs various disciplines, such as history, psychology, sociology, and linguistics, to create a perspective that considers feminist issues. Marxist Criticism — is a strongly politically oriented criticism deriving from the theories of the social philosopher Karl Marx. Marxist critics insist that all language use is influenced by social class and economics. New Criticism — evolved out of the same root theoretical system as deconstructionism, called formalist criticism. This works with the elements of a text-only — irony, paradox, metaphor, symbol, plot, etc. — by engaging in extremely close textual analysis. New Historicism — focuses on the literary text as part of a larger social and historical context and the modern reader’s interaction with that work. Psychological Criticism — the basis of this approach is the idea of the existence of human consciousness — those impulses, desires, and feelings about which a person is unaware but which influence emotions or behavior. Reader-Response Criticism — removes the focus from the text and places it on the reader instead by attempting to describe what goes on in the reader’s mind while reading a text. 01 Handout 1 *Property of STI Page 2 of 2