ENG2: Definition of Reading

• Reading is NOT JUST A BASIC SKILL.

  • Involves learning a continuous set of skills.
  • We acquire more advanced skills in reading.
  • Involvement of Recognizing letters in alphabetical order to infer, analyze, evaluate using critical thinking skills.
  • Likened to playing an online game.
• Reading is A COMPLEX PROCESS.

  • Process - to undergo a series of stages.
  • Complex - not simple.
  • Growth as readers - start with a basic skill then more advanced as we grow up. Reading is a thing we acquire.
• Reading is SITUATIONALLY BOUND.

  • "Being good in one reading type does not automatically equate to being good in understanding different types of text."
  • Must explore and expose ourselves to various types of text.
• Reading is like PROBLEM SOLVING.

  • Likened to a Jigsaw Puzzle - Piece up the letters, words, and sentences to look at the bigger picture.
• Reading is NOT THE SAME AS DECODING.

  • Decoding - making sense of the text.
• What makes a Proficient Reader?


  Accuracy and Fluency.
• Accuracy - ability of a person to UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THAT THEY READ.
• Accurate Reader - does NOT TAKE A LONG TIME understanding a text.
• Fluency - ability to READ A TEXT SMOOTHLY.
• Fluent Reader - SURELY UNDERSTANDS everything he/she has read.