Comprehension Strategies

• Skimming - used to quickly get an overview or a general sense ofthe content of a text. Readers are not searching for specific details but are trying to grasp the main ideas and themes.
• Skimming - Involves glancing over the entire text without reading every word. Readers focus on headings, subheadings, the first and lastsentences of paragraphs, and any emphasized or highlighted text.
• Skimming - Relies on structural elements for an overview, but not as intensely as scanning.
• Skimming - Reading speed is still relatively fast, but not as rapid as scanning.
• Skimming - Commonly used when previewing a book, article, or chapter to decide if it is worth reading in detail.
• Skimming - Effective for quickly reviewing written material to identify key themes, arguments, or main points.
• Scanning - Scanning is used to quickly locate specific information or details within a text. Readers have a particular question or objective in mind and scan the text to find the relevant answers.
• Scanning - Involves rapid eye movements and a focused search for keywords, phrases, or specific details. Readers do not read every word but rather glance over the text to identify information related to their purpose.
• Scanning - Reading speed is relatively fast, as the goal is to quickly extract targeted information. Readers cover a large portion of the text in a short amount of time.
• Scanning - Commonly used in academic research, when reviewing documents, or when searching for specific information in manuals, directories, or databases.
• Extensive reading - is a reading approach where the main goal is to get a general understanding of a subject by reading larger amounts of text. It involves going through longer texts without focusing on every detail. In the context of business, extensive reading helps gain a broad knowledge of various business aspects, industry trends, and management strategies without diving deeply into specific details.
• Intensive Reading - involves paying close attention to details within atext.
• Intensive Reading - The goal is to achieve a deep and thorough understanding of the material
• Intensive Reading - Readers analyze the language used, including vocabulary and sentence structures
• Intensive Reading - Taking notes and annotating the text is common to capture key points and observations
• Intensive Reading - Time consuming process
• Intensive Reading - Allows for an in-depth exploration of themes, concepts, and ideas presented in the text.
• Visualizing - is a reading strategy where you imagine and picture the events, characters, and settings described in a text as if they were scenes in a movie.
• Summarizing - Read the text actively by annotating!
• Summarizing - Summarize. Extract and restate the message of the material. Use only what you see on the page. add nothing
• Summary - Evaluate. Judge the quality of the material now that you have become informed through the summary, analysis, and synthesis