The file contains details on some of the purposes of reading such as reading for enjoyment, specific information, writing, and general comprehension.

1. “Study Skills”
ENG-123
Lecture 16
“Purposes of Reading”
By: Tariq Amin
Lecturer, Dept of English,
KUST

2. Outline
• Purposes of Reading
• Reading to search for simple information
• Reading to skim quickly
• Reading to learn from texts
• Reading to integrate information
• Reading to write and critique texts
• Reading for general comprehension
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

3. Learning Objectives
The students will be able
• To know about different purposes of reading
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

4. Purposes of Reading
1. Reading to search for simple information
2. Reading to skim quickly
3. Reading to learn from texts
4. Reading to integrate information
5. Reading to write and critique texts
6. Reading for general comprehension
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

5. Purposes of Reading
1. Reading to search for simple information
• Typically scan the text for a specific information or a specific word
• As an example, we usually search through a telephone directory to find key information, either an
address or a phone number.
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

6. Purposes of Reading
2. Reading to skim quickly
• Reading to skim quickly is a common part of many reading task.
• A combination of strategies to find the location of the information, and
• use basic reading comprehension skills to obtain a general idea about the text
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

7. Purposes of Reading
3. Reading to learn from texts
• Occurs in academic/professional contexts to learn a considerable amount of information from a text.
• To remember main ideas & details of the main and supporting ideas in the text.
• Makes stronger inferencing demands to connect the text information with background knowledge.
• Carried out at a slower reading rate.
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

8. Purposes of Reading
4. Reading to integrate information
• Requires critical evaluation of the information (complementary, mutually supporting or conflicting
information) to decide
 what information to integrate and
 how to integrate it for the reader’s goal
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

9. Purposes of Reading
5. Reading to Write and Critique Texts
• Reading to write and reading to critique texts may be task variants of reading to integrate information.
• Both require abilities to select and critique information from a text.
• Both purposes represent common academic tasks that call upon the reading abilities needed to integrate
information.
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

10. Purposes of Reading
6. Reading for general comprehension
It requires
• very rapid and automatic processing of words,
• strong skills in forming a general meaning representation of main ideas, and
• efficient coordination of many processes.
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

11. References
Teaching and Researching Reading by William Grabe and Fredricka L. Stoller
Course: Study Skills ENG-123 - Instructor: Tariq Amin, Lecturer, Dept of English, KUST - Email: tariqamin@kust.edu.pk
Topic: Purposes of Reading

12. Thank You.....