The document discusses various topics related to reading including: - Types of reading like skimming, speed reading, and subvocalized reading - The cognitive process of reading including decoding, using context cues, and activating prior knowledge - Different methods of teaching reading like phonics and whole language approaches - Effective reading strategies like scanning, skimming, guessing meanings from context, and identifying the purpose of reading - Factors that affect reading like permanence, processing time, distance, orthography, complexity, vocabulary, and formality

2. Part of a series on Reading TYPES Cloze reading • Proofreading Skimming • Slow reading Speed reading • Sub vocalized LEARNING TO READ Reading readiness Reading acquisition • Comprehension Dyslexia • Reading disability National Reading Panel • Spelling READING INSTRUCTION Reading education • Phonics Alphabetic principle Basal reader • Decodable text Research-based reading instruction Whole language • Methodology debate

18. Oral Reading With beginning and intermediate levels, oral reading can: (a) serve as an evaluative check on bottom-up processing skills, (b) double as a pronunciation check, (c) encourage students’ participation if you want to highlight a certain short segment of a reading passage.

21. Reading Non-fiction Fiction Letters Newspaper Cartoons Academic writing Manuals Advertisements

22. READING Permanence Processing Time Distance Orthography Complexity Vocabulary Formality