Simple Reading

• Involves identifying and recognizing the

meaning of a text.
• When reading aloud, proper pronunciation of
words is a requirement
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• Stop when you are done.
 Critical Reading
• Is a more advanced form and higher level of
reading compared to simple reading, which is
quick to execute.
• Time consuming
 Simple Reading
It gives the basic definition
of a text.
Its central idea is the
message being imparted.
Critical Reading
After recognizing what a
text says, it reflects on
what the text does by
making judgment.
Its certain goal is to
recognize the author’s
purpose in writing the
material, understand the
tone and persuasive
elements in it, and to
recognize bias in the text.
It recognize what a It recognizes what a
text says. text says, reflects on
what the text does,
and infers on what the
text means.

The reader absorbs and The reader actively

understands. recognizes and analyses
evidence in the text.
 “… I don’t need a whole lot for
anything. I just need a little bit of
everything.”