Reading Skills

Reading means to construct meaning from text. Reading is a process that must include thinking before, during, and after reading. We read in order to meaning and understanding
1. Begin from what you already know.
2. Always try to make sense of what you are reading.
3. Ask yourself questions; before, during and after reading.
4. Predict and think about what will happen next in the text, or how your questions will be answered.
5. Read with a purpose. Know why you are reading and what you are reading to find out.
 6. Know that as a good reader you often REREAD parts of, or even, the whole text two or more times in order to make sense of what you are reading
SQ4R is a flexible reading strategy because it engages the reader during each phase of the reading process. Readers preview/SURVEY (S) the text material to develop predictions and set the purpose for the reading by generating QUESTIONS (Q) about the topic
1. Survey what you are about to read
• Systematic Reading
• Think about the title: What do you know about this subject?
• What do I want to know?
• Look at illustrations and graphic aids.
• Read the first paragraph.
• Read the last paragraph or summary