THE MACRO SKILLS-READING

NATURE AND PURPOSES OF READING

100

It is the process of of looking at a series of written symbols and getting meaning from them.

Reading

500

According to Rumelhart 1986: 722, Reading is?

Reading is the process of understanding the written language.

700

What is the Importance of reading?

• Learning without reading is meaningless, because reading is very important to develop the knowledge.

800

What is the main purpose of reading?

• Getting information from books or text.

1000

According to Tarigan (2008: 9) what is the purpose of reading?

• Reading to understand
• Reading for detail of fact
• Reading for enjoyment
• Reading for classification
• Reading for evaluation

READING COMPREHENSION AND SUB-SKILLS IN READING

100

The ability to understand, interpret and make meaning from written text. It involves not only decoding words but also grasping the overall message, connecting ideas, inferring meaning, and drawing conclusions from what is read.

Reading Comprehension

500

Define Reading Sub-Skills:

Reading sub-skills are specific abilities or techniques that contribute to the overall process of reading comprehension.

700

It is getting the general idea of what you are reading.

• Skimming/Gist reading

800

What is Scanning?

• You quickly look for words to spot the information you need

1000

What is a Deep/Close reading?

• Slowly and carefully reading all the words in the text to get a complete and detailed information.

Random Category

100

What is a Vocabulary inference?

• It's the ability to figure out the meaning of unknown words and phrases in a text/passage using the context as indicators.

500

The ability to understand, interpret and make meaning from written text. It involves not only decoding words but also grasping the overall message, connecting ideas, inferring meaning, and drawing conclusions from what is read.

Textual Inference

700

It Focuses on one section at a time to prevent feeling overwhelmed.

Chunking

800

Creating mental images of the concepts being read.

Visualization

1000

What are the four reading techniques and strategies?

SQ3R Technique

Active Reading 

Chunking 

Visualization

READING TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES

100

Explain SQ3R Technique

SQ3R is named after its 5 steps – Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review. The reading technique is great for comprehension and memory.

500

What is a Survey?

• Preparing your mind to receive the material.

700

What are those 3R's in reading techniques and strategies?

• Read – read the material with a focus on finding answers to your questions.
• Recite – try to recall and explain what you’ve just read.
• Review – periodically go over the material to reinforce memory.

800

SQ3R what does the letter Q mean?

• Questions – formulate questions about the content

1000

How to be Active in reading?

• Ask questions.
• Write a summary.
• Highlight and make notes.
• Teach.