WRITING A CLOSE ANALYSIS

AND CRITICAL
INTERPRETATION OF
LITERARY TEXTS APPLYING A
READING APPROACH
READING Inferencing, guessing

APPROACH
and predicting are important skills developed in
reading. By reading, students will know about the

differences in culture by reading across cultural

understanding, and they will learn how to
pronounce the words correctly. In reading
approach, students are expected to improve their
English skills.
 Skimming
• The main idea of the text is quickly identified.
• Done at speed three to four times faster than regular reading.
• Works well to find dates, names, and places.
• This technique is useful when you are seeking specific

information rather than reading for comprehension.

 Scanning
• Scanning is quickly reading a text to get the summary of it.
• It is a technique wherein students search for keywords or ideas.
• Scanning is also used for the reader to find answers to

questions. Once a student scanned the document, they will go

back and skim it.
 Extensive Reading
• Extensive reading is an approach to language learning, including

foreign language learning, by means of a large amount of reading.

• The reader’s view and review of unfamiliar words in a specific

context will allow the reader to infer the word’s meaning, to learn
unknown words.
• Extensive Reading is sometimes called Free Voluntary Reading.