English Course

Subject: English Skills (Reading)

Session No: 4
Instructor: Mahmood Kohistani
 Writing
Reading
Speaking
Listening
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Reading

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 Reading is for:

• Enjoyment

• Information

• Understanding
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 The Children are imitators
• You read = they read
• You busy with your phone = they copy that

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 Reading for Enjoyment

• Friendship with books

• Finish reading faster
• Read more
• A start for understanding and information

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 Cont.…
• Discuss pictures
• Talk about the characters
• Use the pictures and tell a story
• Let children see you reading
• Step by step, encourage your children to look at all kinds of
books
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 Ask questions

• Do you like this book; WHY?

• Who is your favorite character?
• Tell me about a character in the story.
• What do you think will happen next?
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Reading requires two skills
Phonics
Understanding

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Phonics

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 Understanding
• To understand the meaning of the words and sentences in a text.
• The ability to understand the ideas and information in a text.

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Which word do you read faster?

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BOOK
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Chaos
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In reading, know 3 things
Previewing
Skimming
Scanning
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 Preview
In previewing, you read to know what it is about

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Skimming

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It can help you to:
Read more quickly
Decide if the text is interesting and whether you should read it in more detail

The gist of a piece of text

 How to skim:

•Read the title and subtitles to find out what the text is about.
•Read the first and last sentence of each paragraph.
•Don't read every word or every sentence.
Scanning

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 What is scanning?

You don't need to read or understand every word

It is a fast reading technique.

It's a way of reading to look for specific information in a text.

 How to scan:

Don't try to read every word. Instead let your eyes move quickly

across the page until you find what you are looking for.
 References
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https://slideplayer.com/slide/15732340/

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 The End

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