Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Reading Skills : Strategies to Develop It

Strategies that can help students read more quickly and effectively include the following :
1. Previewing : A student should review the titles, section headings and photo captions to get a sense of the structure and content of a reading selection.
2. Predicting : He should use knowledge of the subject matter to make predictions about content and vocabulary and check comprehension; he should use knowledge of the text type and purpose to make predictions about what is being said in the text and use knowledge about the author to make predictions about his writing style, vocabulary and content.
3. Skimming and Scanning : A student can use a quick survey of the text to understand the main idea, identify text structure and what type of questions may be asked in it.
4. Guessing from Context : A student can use prior knowledge of the subject and the ideas in the text as clues to the meanings of unknown words, instead of stopping to look them up.
5. Paraphrasing : He should stop at the end of a section to check comprehension by restating the information and ideas in the text.

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