reading makes an individual more creative and knowledgeable person.so knowing about its levels and its type is important.

2. What is Reading?

3. Reading is a complex activity that involves
both perception and thought

4. Reading is :
• A skill which enables us to
get a message
• Recognizing the written
words
• Getting the meaning
• Used to teach pronunciation
• Grasping information from
texts.

5. DIFFERENT TYPES OF READING

6. DETAILED OR INTENSIVE
READING
SKIMMING
SCANNING

7. Detailed or
intensive reading
Intensive reading is detailed,
focused, ‘study’ reading of
those important parts ,pages
or chapters

8. Skimming
Skimming is used to
quickly identify the main
ideas of a text .

9. Scanning
Scanning is basically skimming with
a more tightly focused purpose:
skimming to locate a particular fact
or figure, or to see whether this text
mentions a subject you’ re
researching. Scanning involves
moving your eyes quickly down the
page seeking specific words and
phrases.

10. DIFFERENT LEVELS OF READING
COMPREHENSION

11. Literal Reading
Literal comprehensive involves
what the author is actually saying.
The reader needs to understand
ideas and information explicitly
stated in the reading material.

12. Interpretative or
inferential
comprehension
It deals with what the author means
by what is said. The reader must
simply read between the lines and
make inferences about things not
directly stated.

13. Critical reading
It is an analytic activity. The reader
rereads a text to identify patterns
of elements- information, values
assumptions, and language
usage- throughout the discussion.

14. Creative reading
It is defined as reading for
implied and inferred
meanings, appreciative
reactions, and critical
evaluation.

15. THANK YOU
Presented by
Muhsina P P
Keyi Sahib Training
College