READING COMPREHENSION

DEFINITION

READING COMPREHENSION REQUIRES COMBINATION OF

LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE (connected with thinking or
conscious mental process) SKILLS
 TYPES
HISTORICAL
ECONOMICAL
 POLITICAL
TECHNOLOGICAL
SOCIAL
SPIRITUAL
SCIENTIFIC
 LITERATURE
 TIPS
1. READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY
2. SHORTLIST THE QUESTIONS WHICH CAN BE ANSWERED FROM THE
DATA AVAILABLE.
3. AVOID CONNOTATIVE QUESTIONS
4. UNDERLINE AND REMEMBER THE KEYWORDS OF THE QUESTIONS
SHORTLISTED.
5. START SKIMMING THE PARAGRAPHS
6. SCAN AND RESCAN THE LINES ONCE YOU COME ACROSS THE
UNDERLINED KEY WORDS IN THE PARAGRAPH AND ANSWER
ACCORDINGLY.