Reading Skills

1. Reading Skills

2. Reasons for Poor Comprehension • inability to understand word • inability to understand sentence • inability to understand how sentences relate • to one another • inability to understand how the information • fits together in a meaningful way • lack of interest and concentration

3. Problems that cause slow reading • 1.Poor concentration: • Lack of interest • Daydreaming • Worrying about other problems • Can’t remember what is read

4. 2. Underdeveloped vocabulary: • Difficult to learn new vocabulary • Not sure where to find word meanings 3. Poor reading techniques: • Stuck in one gear • Takes too long to read assignment • Cannot find main points & important details

5. 4. No system for reading textbooks: SQ3R • Survey • Question • Read • Recite • Review 5. The blank mind syndrome: • Eyes just passing over words • Reading without reflection

6. Kinds of Reading skills • 1.Word attack skills let the reader figure out new words • Word attack skills are the ability to convert graphic symbols into • intelligible language. • 2.Comprehension skills help the reader predict the next word, • phrase, or sentence quickly enough to speed recognition. • Comprehension skills are the ability to use context and prior • knowledge to aid reading and to make sense of what one reads and • hears

7. 3.Fluency skills help the readers see larger segments, phrases, and • groups of words as wholes. • Fluency Skills should be the aim of every reading and writing • lesson. It should increase as learners progress from beginning to • advanced readers and writers. Fluency enables learners to read • and write with more understanding. They gain this skill through • practice and observation • Critical reading skills help the reader see the relationship of ideas • and use these in reading with meaning and fluency. • Critical reading as a goal includes the ability to evaluate ideas • socially or politically.

8. How to Improve your reading skills 1.Preparing for reading • Go to the library and pick up lots of books. • Schedule a routine time to read

9. 2.Implementing the basic of reading improvement 1.Skimming 2. Scanning

10. 3.Read the page carefully. Don't rush, take your time. • Go through the details to comprehend the text as you read it. Have • an idea what you're reading about, not just reading and forgetting • or failing to grasp the contents. • 4.Sound out each letter as best you can and you will notice they form • some sort of word. Some letters fit together. For example, “th" is • not pronounced as t + h, but rather as one unit. This is called a • ‘phoneme'. Pay attention to the stresses in words. • Listen to audio books and follow the text at the same time. This can • aid good pronunciation and word recognition.

11. 3.Advancing your reading skills 1.Read as much as you are able. 2.Reread the material.

12. 3.Use context clues to find out a word's meaning. Context clues are when a person figures out the meaning of a word by seeing how the word was used in a sentence. For example, you were reading the following sentence and wanted to know what 'pessimist' means: My mother is always happy and optimistic, the total opposite of my brother, the pessimist. So from the sentence, you can gather that ‘pessimist' means the opposite of happy, so pessimist means being moody and angry. Good, experienced readers always use context clues!

13. 5.Reread. If you don't understand what you are reading, read over the sentence(s) again. Feel free to use your finger as a pointer. It will keep your eyes focused on the line you are reading, improving your understanding. 6.Keep reading. Try to read as much as you can on your free time. Reading will help you in lots of ways; your vocabulary will become larger and more sophisticated and you will notice your grades change for the better . Have fun reading!