Reading Skills
Functional English
Assignment # 1
Topic: “Reading”
Submitted To: Ma’m Neelma
Submitted By: Ayesha Munir BBA ITM (21)
Contents Topics: Pg. No. * Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….…2 * Importance of Reading……………………………………………………………..…...3 * Fluent reading……………………………………………………………………..………...3 * Three Stages of Reading…………………………………………………………………4 * Types of Reading…………………………………………………………………………….5 * Reading Skills………………………………………………………………………………….9 * Reading Strategies………………………………………………………………………...14 * References…………………………………………………………………………………….15
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Introduction
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). It is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all language, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement.
Readers use a variety of reading strategies to assist with decoding (to translate symbols into sounds or visual representations of speech) and comprehension. Readers integrate the words they have read into their existing framework of knowledge or schema.
Reading is a process very much determined by what the reader’s brain and emotions and beliefs bring to the reading; the knowledge/information (or misinformation) strategies for processing text, moods, fears and joys—all of it. The strategies one uses vary according to one’s purpose, including whether one is reading for oneself only (still the purposes vary) or for somebody else, such as reading to answer comprehension questions,
Assignment # 1
Topic: “Reading”
Submitted To: Ma’m Neelma
Submitted By: Ayesha Munir BBA ITM (21)
Contents Topics: Pg. No. * Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….…2 * Importance of Reading……………………………………………………………..…...3 * Fluent reading……………………………………………………………………..………...3 * Three Stages of Reading…………………………………………………………………4 * Types of Reading…………………………………………………………………………….5 * Reading Skills………………………………………………………………………………….9 * Reading Strategies………………………………………………………………………...14 * References…………………………………………………………………………………….15
1
Introduction
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). It is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all language, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement.
Readers use a variety of reading strategies to assist with decoding (to translate symbols into sounds or visual representations of speech) and comprehension. Readers integrate the words they have read into their existing framework of knowledge or schema.
Reading is a process very much determined by what the reader’s brain and emotions and beliefs bring to the reading; the knowledge/information (or misinformation) strategies for processing text, moods, fears and joys—all of it. The strategies one uses vary according to one’s purpose, including whether one is reading for oneself only (still the purposes vary) or for somebody else, such as reading to answer comprehension questions,