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READING SKILLS
IVANA TRAJANOSKA, MA
AIM
LANGUAGE SKILLS
READING SKILLS
Acquired once and for all?
Neglected?
Last received guidelines?
Input
Development of the other skills
Make distinction between fact and opinion;
important information and the opposite;
Learn to summarize, analyze, connect; develop
personal opinion and ideas.
TIPS
I will try to simplify and outline certain tips that students
can be reminded of:
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/s
kimming-and-scanning-using-the-times-to-developreading-skills/
Light reading
Reading for leisure tends to be 'light':
Reading to study
Its aim is to understand the material in depth. The method
involves five simple steps; Survey, Question, Read, Recall and
Review.
Survey: skim through to gain an overview and not key
points.
Question: devise questions you hope the text will answer.
Read: slowly and carefully.
Recall: from memory, write down the main points made
by the chapter.
- Review: revisit your questions - compare these to your recall
and establish how well the text has answered them; fill in any
gaps by further reading and note-taking.
Speed reading
TIPS
Depending on the reading technic and aim, students
can:
o Underline important, key sentences, and
definitions.
o Highlight words or whole paragraphs
o Use special marks on the margin to indicate
importance, relevance, or reference to other parts
o Take notes in a notebook
o Draw visual representations of the text like
charts and graphs etc.
Missing sentences
Filling in a table
http://www.uefap.com/reading/exercise/scan/mons
t.htm
Summarize a text
CONCLUSION
Development of students reading skill should be
one of the course objectives which will show the
instructors commitment to creating competent
professionals and future scholars/ researchers.
The first step to improve the students reading skills is
by introducing it in the classroom.
CONCLUSION
The introduction of the reading activities in the classroom
helps the students develop their reading skills by training
them to become more proficient, by making them
aware of the need to work on their skill, and by making
them more confident in dealing with such activities.
Finally, it helps them pass the exam more easily by
learning in class.
It prepares them for individual, in-home reading
necessary for successful exam preparation, writing
Master or PhD thesis, and other personal purposes.
Finally, it helps them become independent learners,
develop the critical thinking, problem solving, analytical
skill as well. Last but not the least, it provides an excellent
learning but relaxed, student centered atmosphere.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngextremeex
plorer/pdf/effectivepractices.pdf
http://ababasoft.com/words/scanning.html