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Reading Process

The document discusses the reading process and provides details about various reading skills. It describes the three main stages of reading: pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading. During pre-reading, readers activate background knowledge and set a purpose. While reading involves comprehending meaning, making predictions and inferences. Post-reading has readers reflect, summarize and draw conclusions. Specific skills like skimming, scanning, locating the main idea, summarizing and paraphrasing are also defined. The document concludes by distinguishing different types of reading such as developmental, pleasure, functional and remedial reading.

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Reading Process

The document discusses the reading process and provides details about various reading skills. It describes the three main stages of reading: pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading. During pre-reading, readers activate background knowledge and set a purpose. While reading involves comprehending meaning, making predictions and inferences. Post-reading has readers reflect, summarize and draw conclusions. Specific skills like skimming, scanning, locating the main idea, summarizing and paraphrasing are also defined. The document concludes by distinguishing different types of reading such as developmental, pleasure, functional and remedial reading.

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READING PROCESS

Mrs. Michelle E. Epoc


Subject Teacher
Pre-reading Stage
• It aims to induce the readers’ motivation
to read and to activate their schema or
background knowledge.
Activities done during this stage include:
 previewing, freewriting, surveying,
questioning, making assumptions about
the author, identifying the purpose, and
selecting a reading system
While-reading Stage
• In this stage, you may reread the text
until you fully understand its meaning.
The specific skills in this stage includes:
 getting the meaning of words through
context clues, predicting, inferencing,
monitoring comprehension, annotating
the text, and reflecting
Post-reading Stage
• In this stage, you have to check your
understanding of the text
The skills in this stage include:
 reflecting, summarizing, paraphrasing,
drawing conclusions, making graphic
organizers, and journal writing
BASIC READING SKILLS
1. RAPID READING
• Aims to locate specific information or
main ideas in a very short span of
time.
a) Skimming
b) Locating the main idea
c) Scanning
a. Skimming
• Happens when you try to get the general
idea by reading through the text quickly
• It is a type of quick reading which aims
to get the main idea and to get an
overview of the material
• It is usually done when reading
newspapers, magazines, books, and
letters.
b. Locating the main idea
• It involves the identification of the
central message of a reading
selection
• The main idea is usually found in
either or both the first and the last
sentences of the paragraph
c. Scanning
• A quick reading strategy which aims
to get specific information from a
given text.
• It is useful in locating the specific
name of a board passer, looking for
an old email in your inbox, or
checking specific information in a
graph.
2. PREVIEWING
• Is a skill wherein a reader looks over a
material and focuses on the
information he/she finds relevant.
• It also allows readers to set the purpose
and link the content of the material to
their background knowledge.
• Browsing, or inspecting unhurriedly, is
also a previewing technique
3. LITERAL READING
• Involves the understanding of ideas
and facts that are directly stated in
the printed material. This is done in
the post-reading stage
a) Summarizing
b) Paraphrasing
a. Summarizing
• It is a reading skill that involves
condensing a lengthy text into a
shorter passage.
b. Paraphrasing
• Involves restating ideas from the
original text.
4. INFERENTIAL READING
• Refers to the process of deducing facts
and ideas not directly expressed in the
text.
• It is also known as “reading between the
lines”.
• This skill includes making generalizations,
inferences, and conclusions.
• Applied in while-reading stage
4. CRITICAL READING
• Refers to the close and thorough
evaluation of the claims in the text in
terms of relevance, validity, and logic.
• This skill includes distinguishing facts
from opinions and detecting logical
fallacies.
• Happens in the while-reading stage
TYPES OF READING
1. DEVELOPMENTAL READING
• A systematic instruction which aims
to develop the students’ reading
skills.
Example:
Ryan reads a long text to improve
his reading comprehension skills.
2. PLEASURE READING
• A more passive type of reading that
primarily aims to provide enjoyment
and entertainment.
Example:
Karen reads her favorite book,
“To Kill a Mockingbird”, to relax after a
long day.
3. FUNCTIONAL READING
• Designed to help students learn basic
functional reading ability.
Example:
Felipe reads a college application
form to understand how to fill it out.
4. REMEDIAL READING
• Aims to correct the effects of poor
teaching and poor learning.
Example:
Francis reads a pronunciation
chart with his teacher to help him
correct his pronunciation of
diphthongs.
Thank You!!

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