Reading Techniques

A Survey of Reading Techniques

Dechant ( 1970 ) defines reading as the process of giving the significance intended by the writer to the graphic symbols by relating them to one’s own fund of experience .
The process of putting the reader in contact and communication with ideas and that it requires higher order thinking .

Some Reading Techniques
1. Skimming
2. Previewing
3. Scanning

Levels of Comprehension
1. Literal
2. Interpretative
3. Critical
4. Application

Reading Techniques
1. Skimming. This technique in reading focuses attention on the main idea of a paragraph or longer discourse . The reader is interested only in the overall picture of the text and does not intend to pick up the details . Thus , it is selective reading .
2. Previewing . Sometimes called prereading , this technique enables a reader to examine the material on the surface and to size up its length , organization , and content before reading it completely . The overall purpose , is to identify the central thoughts of the selection and to determine how they are organized .
Skim – reading . The reader who employs this technique uses skimming as an end in itself . He is interested only in the main idea contained in the reading material without concern for the details . His primary purpose is to obtain an overall impression of the selection .

The following procedure may be followed for effective skim – reading .
1. Review reading . This technique involves a procedure whch enhances the ability to store and retrieve information .
2. The SQ3R Method .
Steps :
a. Survey
b. Question
c. Read
d. Recite
3. Joeffe’s Formula
a. Associate
b. Visualize
c. Concentrate
d. Repeat


4. Mnemonics . A kind of memory system involving techniques that avoid rote learning .
Principles .
a. Use mental pictures.
b. Make things meaningful.
c. Make information familiar
d. Form unusual or exaggerated mental associations .
3. Scanning . The reader skips most of the lines and words in the selection as he searches for the particular information that he needs .



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And let it begin with me .
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