READING SKILLS AND TYPES OF READING

Salma Niazi
ENG 1011 BSI
English Compulsory
 READING
Objectives
Overview
• The lecture covers different • At the end of the lesson
types of reading skills. students will be understand
and identify reading skill
and the types of reading
skills.
 READING

• It is a process of decoding symbols to derive meanings from

text (as in reading books).
• It is the most important skill in any language from other
language skills in acquiring knowledge. If students are good in
reading they will be good in other language skills (writing,
speaking and listening)
 COMPONENTS OF READING
There are three components of reading:
• Decoding
• Comprehension
• Retention
 COMPONENTS OF READING

• Decoding: Process of translating a printed word in to

a sound.
• Comprehension: It is the level of understanding a
text/messages.
• Retention: Condition of retaining(keeping) something.
 IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH READING
• Reading is fundamental to function in
today’s society.
• It develops imagination.
• It is vital skill in finding a good job.
• English is the official language of 53
countries.
• It develops the mind
• It is how we discover new things
• It develops creative side of people
• It develops vocabulary
 TYPES OF READING
• There are four types of reading techniques:

• Skimming
• Scanning
• Intensive
• Extensive
 Skimming
• Skimming is a quick reading to get:

• The general meaning of the text

• To know how passage is organized
• To get the Author’s purpose
• To review a topic
 EXAMPLES

• The Newspaper (quickly to get the

general news of the day)

• Magazine (quickly to discover which

article you would like to read in
more detail)

• Business and travel Brochures

(quickly to get informed)
 SCANNING
• A quick reading focusing on locating
specific information.

• It involves quick eye movement, not

necessarily linear in fashion but until
reader finds the desired piece of
information.
 EXAMPLES
• The “WHAT’S ON TV”
section (itinerary) of your
newspaper.

• A train/airplane schedule.

• A telephone directory.
 EXTENSIVE READING

• Extensive reading is carried out “To achieve a

general understanding of a text”.

• Extensive reading is used to obtain a general

understanding of a subject as well as reading
longer text for pleasure.

• The aims of extensive reading are to build

reader’s confidence and enjoyment.
 EXAMPLES
• The latest marketing strategy book.

• A novel you read before you going to

bed.

• Magazine articles that interest you.

 INTENSIVE READING
• Intensive reading is used on shorter
texts in order to extract specific
information.

• It includes very close accurate reading

for detail.

• In this case, it is important that you

understand each word , number or
facts.
 EXAMPLES
• A bookkeeping report.

• An insurance claim.

• A contract.