UNIT 5 READING

In Unit 5, I learned a little bit more about Reading. This is a receptive skill through it we receive information. For me reading is not difficult as listening. To be a good reader we must know about reading subskills or reading strategies, and those are Scanning, skimming and reading for detail.  But what each of those terms mean?

First, I understood that scanning is when we read for specific information while skimming is reading for the main Idea, and reading for detail is when we look for something in special for example dates, names, and etc.

Also, there are two types of reading Intensive and extensive. I understood that Intensive reading is reading for a particular interest or because we need to know the information that the text contains. While extensive reading is done individually for the purpose of enjoyment.

As a teacher I could said that teaching reading would be the principal skill to work with my students. Because through it I could teach them vocabulary, grammar structures and develop their critical thinking.  Reading is also a tool to students to learn how a text is structured and applied it in a writing task.

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYw502dJNY

For you further reading:

Grellet, F. (1983). Developing reading skills: A practical guide to reading comprehension exercises. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press.

Greenall, S., & Swan, M. (1986). Effective reading: Reading skills for advanced students. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press