reading skills presentation.

1. Reading Skills
By
Abdul Wahab.

2. Outline.
 Introduction.
 Types of Reading.
 Reading Strategies.
 Slow Reader.
 How To Improve Your Reading.

3. Introduction.
Reading is the most important
skill in English language from
other language.
If you are good in Reading then
you must be good in other
language Skills like Listening ,
Speaking & Writing.

4. Skimming
Scaning
intensive
Extensive
Types Of Reading

5. Skimming
 Skimming is reading a text quickly to get a
general idea of meaning.
 Its like you don’t know what to eat.
Scanning
 Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to
find specific information,
 Its like you know what to eat.

6. Intensive
 You need to understand the whole text.
 Find Specific Information.
 Attention to Grammatical forms
Extensive
 Extensive reading involves learners
reading text for enjoyment and to
develop general reading skills.
 You don’t need to understand all the
words.
 You read it for pleasure.

7. Reading Strategies
 Predict
 Visualize
 Questions
 Connect
 Identify
 Evaluate

8.  Predict:
Determine what you think will happen in the
text , Use the title.
 Visualize:
Create mental images of the characters and
events in the text.
 Questions:
Stop and ask yourself questions to see if the text
makes sense . Reread the text if you need more
information.
 Connect:
Think about what you already know about the
text.
 Identify:
Determine the author purpose . Find the
important details, the main idea and the theme of
the text.
 Evaluate:
Think About the text as a whole and form
opinions about what you read.

9. Slow Readers.
They read <100 words/ min.
 More physical effort: Eyes get tired.
 More mental effort: Get bored.
 Difficulties in understanding everything.

10. How To Improve Your Reading.
• Don’t read word by word.
• Reduce the time of each
stop.
• Don’t point with the finger ,
it slows your mind

11. Any Question.??