Reading significance and skills

1. MODULE VIII:
READING COMPREHENSION
• Topic:
• Significance of Reading
• Gathering Ideas and information from a given text
1. Identify the main claim of the text
2. Identify the purpose of the text
3. Identify the context of the text
4. Evaluating these ideas and information
• Interpretation of the text

2. INTRODUCTION
• Reading comprehension is the ability to process written
text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what
the reader already knows. Reading comprehension relies
on two abilities that are connected to each other: word
reading and language comprehension.

3. WHAT IS
WORD
READING?
Word reading is the ability to
decode written letters and words
into their associated phonetic
code (Perfetti, 1985).

4. WHAT IS
LANGUAGE
READING?
Reading is the process of looking at
written symbols and letters and
understanding the meaning of them.
It's one of the four main language
skills alongside listening, speaking
and writing.

5. SIGNIFICANCE OF READING

6. 1. READING IS A
COMPLEX MENTAL
TASK.
Reading makes you to utilize your
brain,which in turn:
Improves concentration ,improves
ability to pay attention,
improves abilityto focusfor longer
periods of time

7. 2. READING
IMPROVES
DISCIPLINE AND
MEMORY.
• Making time for books everyday
improves discipline and is shown to
be personally rewarding over time.
• Reading helps you to use and even
improve your memory by remembering
details, characters, plots, and more.

8. 3. READING
BUILDS SELF-
ESTEEM
• Reading more expands the amount of
knowledge you have.
• More knowledge leads
to higher confidence.
• Higher confidence boosts self-esteem.

9. 4.READING
IMPROVES
CREATIVITY
• Reading about new things
challenge your brain to think in new
ways.
• Reading help us to develop the
creative side of the brain by
exposing it to unique or unfamiliar
ideas.

10. -He skipped 9th and 11th grade.
-He entered college at the age of 15.
- He got his PhD at the age of 25.
- He wrote multiple books and speeches.
-He was also one of the youngest men to ever win the Nobel
Peace Prize.
DID YOU KNOW...

11. -He is an American politician who is the 44th and current
president of United States.
- He wrote 30 books.
DID YOU KNOW...

12. 5. READING
INCREASE
IMAGINATION.
• Reading strengthens and improves imagination
by putting the brain in new situations.
• Our brain processesdescriptions byputting them
into mentalpictures.
• This also reduces boredomand enhances activity.

13. 6. READING
BROADENS YOUR
HORIZONS.
• Reading gives you an insight into diversity and other cultures.
• It teaches you about people, places, and events outside of
your own experiences.
• It teaches you about different beliefs and ways of life that may be new
to

14. 7. READING
HELPS US
DEVELOP A
STRONG SENSE.
• Reading helps us to develop empathy by allowing us to
feel what our characters feel and put ourselves in
someone else' shoes.
• It also builds a strong sense of compassion.
• Reading establishes a better understanding of
human nature.

15. “READINGMAKES A FULL MAN.”

16. • Gathering Ideas and information from a
given text
1. What is the main claim of the text?
A thesis is the central claim or main argument of an essay.
Because it provides a unifying theme for the rest of the
essay, it typically appears early on—in shorter papers, most
often within the first paragraph or two. The thesis should be
analytic or interpretive rather than merely descriptive or
factual.

17. 2. What is the main purpose of the text?
Basic purposes of a text include: to inform – to describe,
explain, or teach something to your audience. to
persuade/argue – to get your audience to do something, to
take a particular action, or to think in a certain way.