Reading Techniques

• Scanning


  Rapidly covering a great deal of material to locate a specific fact or piece of information
• Technique


  A way of doing something by using special knowledge or skill
• Decoding


  To find or understand the meaning of something; to recognize and interpret something; the process of translating a printed word into a sound
• Steps in scanning an article


  1. Keep in mind what you are searching for

  2. Anticipate in what form the information is likely to appear

  3. Analyze the organization of the content before starting to scan
• Language acquisition


  The process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate
• Example of Reading Techniques

  • Rhea read the short story "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry from her English Textbook. She understood the story enough to retell it to her partner with their homework and write a summary
• Steps in skimming an article

  1. Read the title

  2. Read the introduction or lead-in paragraph

  3. Read the first paragraph completely

  4. If there are subheadings, read each one, looking for relationships among them

  5. Read the first sentence of each remaining paragraph
• Derive


  To take, receive, or obtain something especially from a specified source
• Reading Techniques

  Styles, systems, or practices in decoding symbols for better comprehension for communication, sharing of information and ideas
• Reading

  A complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to construct and derive meaning, a means of language acquisition, communication, and sharing of information and ideas
• Cognitive Process


  An operation that affects mental content; the process of thinking, remembering, obtaining, and storing knowledge
• Skimming


  Method of rapidly moving the eyes over text to get only the main ideas and a general overview of the content
• Clustering


  • Powerful and simple exercise designed to help develop skills for Phrase Reading. Muscles of the eyes are trained to Phrase Read. Matches criteria for a good exercise. Requires discipline to practice for about 10-20 minutes a day to learn the skill in about three weeks
• Diagrams are made up of lines and symbols showing interrelationships of parts or elements, steps of a process, or key features of an object or an area
• Charts


  • Tabular chart, Outline chart, Flow chart, Organizational chart
• Maps are flat representations of the earth showing geographical areas by means of scales and models
• Charts are visuals that summarize data, explain a process, or describe a set of relationships
• Non-prose materials or graphic materials are illustrated visual forms that summarize information and ideas through words, symbols, pictures, and drawings
• Graphs

  • Bar graph, Pie graph, Line graph, Pictograph
• Scanning


  Let your eyes run rapidly over several lines of print at a time. When you find the sentence that has the information you seek, read the entire sentence
• Non-Prose Reading


  • Illustrated visual forms that summarize information and ideas through words, symbols, pictures, and drawings. Types include Graphs, Diagrams, Charts, and Maps
• Maps

  • Flat representations of the earth showing geographical areas by means of scales and models
• Graphs are visual representations of quantitative information meant to make the reader see instantly how gathered data relate to each other
• Phrase Reading

  Focus attention on phrases, which are groups of words that go together to mean something. Phrase Reading helps develop necessary skills for reading
• Diagrams


  • Tree chart, Timeline, Technical diagram, Process diagram