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Efficient Reading Strategies 1. Skimming: Skimming helps you get the general idea of a text without reading every word. It's useful when you need to quickly grasp the main points, such as when preparing for a discussion or tutorial. Skim the table of contents, preface, and index, then read the first and last paragraphs of chapters, and the first sentences of other paragraphs. This should give you about 50% of the text’s meaning, helping you decide if you need further detailed reading. 2. Scanning: Scanning is used to find specific information within a text. Unlike skimming, which gives you a general overview, scanning involves looking for key expressions or specific details. It's useful for assignments where you need precise data. 3. Intensive Reading: Intensive reading involves closely reading a text with a focus on detail, often for specific learning purposes. This method is slower and more deliberate, used for tasks like answering true/false statements or putting events in order. 4. Extensive Reading: Extensive reading focuses on reading as much as possible for enjoyment, at a level where you can read smoothly without frequent dictionary use. Principles include not looking up words, skipping parts you don't understand, and switching books if you're not enjoying one. This approach helps reinforce known words and learn new ones in context. 5. Stages in Reading a Text: o Before Reading: Skim the text to get an overview—examine titles, headings, subheadings, diagrams, and summaries. o During Reading: Scan relevant sections for details, following the development of ideas. Read actively by taking notes, highlighting, and asking critical questions. o After Reading: Summarize the main ideas to solidify your understanding. 6. Detailed Reading: Necessary for subjects that require deep understanding, like law or literature. Combine it with skimming and scanning for efficiency, and take notes directly in the text. 7. Revision Reading: Involves quickly reviewing familiar material to reinforce knowledge. Summarize main points onto small cards for easy reference. 8. What is Intensive reading? 9. Intensive reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks. It can be compared with extensive reading, which involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills 10. For example, the learners read a short text and put events from it into chronological order. In fact, in the classroom Intensive reading activities include: scanning a text for specific information to answer true or false statements or filling gaps in a summary, scanning a text to match headings to paragraphs, and scanning jumbled paragraphs and then reading them carefully to put them into the correct order. 11. 12. What is extensive reading? 13. Extensive reading is reading as much as possible, for your own pleasure, at a difficulty level at which you can read smoothly and quickly without looking up words or translating to English as