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Extensive and Intensive Reading

Reading is a technique used for transformation of ideas and imagination from books and from other source of communication for decoding purpose that what is been said or told and extensive and intensive are communication types.

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Extensive and Intensive Reading

Reading is a technique used for transformation of ideas and imagination from books and from other source of communication for decoding purpose that what is been said or told and extensive and intensive are communication types.

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Extensive and Intensive Reading

Reading means transformation of ideas, thoughts,


emotions, feelings, knowledge and written signs
and symbols from books and other source of
communication into minds or brains for decoding
purpose, that what is been said or told and then
reply it in his own way. Realizing the importance of
reading some collages made it as one of the subject.
There are two kinds of reading, extensive and
intensive reading. In this article I will show you
three differences between extensive reading and
intensive reading, therefore extensive reading has
more important purpose compared to intensive
reading in broadening student’s knowledge. The
first difference is that extensive reading covers
large area while intensive reading covers narrower
area. According to Graham Stanley, extensive
reading involves students reading long texts or
large quantities for general understanding with the
intention of enjoying texts, it means that students
are given freedom to choose their own topic which
they think are interested to be discussed, in this
case, the students also have to find supported
articles related to the topic in order to give them
background knowledge, so that they will know
more about the topic they have chosen. It is
different from intensive reading that does not allow
the students to find a topic that they like. In
intensive reading the topic is given by a teacher,
professor or lecturer. The students also do not need
to look for supported articles because the topic
which is chosen by a teacher or professor is usually
short and easy to understand. The second difference
is about student’s activity in class. In extensive
reading the student’s activity is more complex than
in intensive reading. The students in extensive
reading class usually are asked to write a summary
after reading an article or passage. As we know
writing summary is not an easy thing to do, it
allows learners to assert full control on the factual
or fictional content of an article or book, and on the
grammar and vocabulary which is used to express
it. At other side the students will also do a short
presentation on what they have read. By doing
short presentation the students will have knowledge
of the right preparation, self independence and
autonomy, while in intensive reading instead of
writing summary and having presentation students
are asked to answer some questions related to the
topic which is given by the teacher. Usually all of
the answers are available on the text so that the
students will only rewrite it. The last extensive
reading will discourage the over use of dictionary,
and on other side dictionary is must in intensive
reading. It is true that dictionary has an important
place in reading activity, but as stated that students
will focus only on the language if they always
consult the dictionary every time they find an
unfamiliar word. They will not pay attention to the
message conveyed, and this habit will cause
inefficient reading and destroy the pleasure that
reading is intended to provide. Extensive reading
can broaden student’s knowledge more than
intensive reading. In extensive reading students
write summaries and give presentations which lead
them to minimize the use of dictionary. In
opposition the student’s activities in intensive
reading are limited. And these activities only
depend on the teacher’s guidance, so this kind of
activities will not encourage students to explore
their abilities for that reason I think extensive
reading is better than intensive reading.

Written By
Doctor Shahbaz Ahmed Bughio
Village Karani Taluka Dokri
District Larkana

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