READING
APPROACH
HOW SHOUD
YOU READ?
LESSON OBJECTIVES
Identify the common reading approaches
that are helpful in analyzing and
interpreting the literary text.
Write a close analysis and critical
interpretation of literary text using diff erent
reading approaches
READING APPROACHES
• The plan and explicit actions that
help readers to translate print to
meaning
• Help improve readers’ decoding and
reading comprehension.
• Way of method that will help
students to solve their problem in
reading.
READING APPROACHES
INTENSIVE EXTENSIVE
SKIMMING SCANNING
READING READING
• Getting the “gist” of the text.
• Known general idea of the text
• The main idea of the text is
SKIMMING quickly identifi ed
• Done speed to three to four
times faster than regular
reading
• Simply running the eyes over
the text to get some specifi c
points.
• Search for keywords or ideas.
SCANNING • Quickly reading of the text to
get a summary of it.
• Used for the reader to fi nd
answers to questions.
• Intensive reading can be
understood as the reading
method which require intimate
study of a text of the objective
of getting its literary or
linguistic meaning.
INTENSIVE
• The readers are supposed to
READING read the text with concentration
and due care, in detail, as it has
certain learning aims and tasks.
• defi ned as a casual reading
performed for pleasure or
gaining general understanding
of a topic when the student are
engrossed in a book, magazine,
or newspaper.
EXTENSIVE • process of reading longer easier
READING texts for an extended period of
time without a breakdown of
comprehension, feeling
overwhelmed, or the need to
take breaks
SKIMMING SCANNING
- Quick reading - Selective reading
- Reading out the maximum - Searching out something in a
EXTENSIVE
amount of material in the fast manner.
minimum time
READING - Reading rapidly through a text
- Reading rapidly for the main to find the specific information
points required.
EXTENSIVE READING INTENSIVE READING
- Reading longer texts often - Reading shorter text for
for pleasure and for an detailed information with
overall understanding emphasis on precise
understanding.
- EXTENSIVE
Non-academic purposes
- Academic purposes
- READING
Reading while enjoying
FURTHER READING TIPS
• VARY YOUR READING RATE
Unfamiliar Familiar
Long-winded sentences Repetitive
examples or illustration
High detailed information General Concepts
FURTHER READING TIPS
2. LOOK OUT FOR PIVOTAL WORDS
“while”
“in other words” "
“on the other
“to repeat”
hand”
“consequently”
“therefore”
FURTHER READING TIPS
3. READ VORACIOUSLY
• Writes are shaped by other writers.
• “Reading is the springboard to writing”.
- Joyce Carol Oates
TIPS FOR LITERARY ANALYSIS
• Annotating the text.
• Comaparing and contrasting the personalities or
decision that characters make.
• Identifying the author’s purpose and style, and
the context in which the work was written.
• Using a specific literary approach or theory.
• Analyzing patterns that we see.
• Including pieces of evidence to prove your points.
Reading Comprehension Strategies
QUESTION
READ THE SCENARIOS GIVEN IN EACH
NUMBER
THEN IDENTIFY THE READING APPROACH THAT BEST
APPLY FOR EACH.
QUESTION
Mariam loves reading novels and
shorts stories during her spare time .
According to her, such hobby did not
only provide her entertainment, but
also improve her vocabulary.
QUESTION
Mariam loves reading novels and
shorts stories during her spare time .
According to her, such hobby did not
only provide her entertainment, but
also improve her vocabulary.
EXTENSIVE READING
QUESTION
Roland, together with his friends,
visited a newly-opened restaurant
shortly after the pandemic. He was
eager to pay for everyone’s meal that
he grabs the menu as fast as he can
and starts choosing the best food
option for everyone
QUESTION
Roland, together with his friends,
visited a newly-opened restaurant
shortly after the pandemic. He was
eager to pay for everyone’s meal that
he grabs the menu asfast as he can
and starts choosing the best food
option for everyone
SCANNING
QUESTION
Micah wants to answer the guide
questions as quickly as she can, so she
looked for specific signposts or lines in
the selection that might provide her
the instant anwers. Which reading
approach did she use?
QUESTION
Micah wants to answer the guide
questions as quickly as she can, so she
looked for specific signposts or lines in
the selection that might provide her
the instant anwers. Which reading
approach did she use?
SKIMMING
QUESTION
Yes! I shall burn the midnight oil,
so I can ace my scheduled quiz
tomorrow. I don’t care if I’ll have
to go through an extreme amount
of reading tonight !
QUESTION
Yes! I shall burn the midnight oil,
so I can ace my scheduled quiz
tomorrow. I don’t care if I’ll have
to go through an extreme amount
of reading tonight !
INTENSIVE READING
