Reading Comprehension, Skimming, Scanning, Sq3R, PQRST SQ3R PQRST

Prepared by
Parveen Kumar
Department of International Foundation Studies
Amity University Tashkent
pkumar@amity.uz
International Foundation Studies
Course Title: Intensive English Through Practice-I
Course Code: IFP106
Module IV: Reading
• Reading Aloud
• Strategies for Reading: Skimming & Scanning
• Practice Reading: Short Stories
• Reading Comprehension (Understanding and Interpretation of a Text)
https://ifsamityenglish.blogspot.com/
Parveen Kumar | pkumar@amity.uz

Reading Aloud
But…
WHY?

Reading Aloud
‘Benefits’
• Reading Aloud Builds Vocabulary
• Reading Aloud Improves Comprehension and Active Listening/Increases attention
span
• Promotes bonding
• Reading aloud creates a classroom community
• Reading Aloud Reduces Stress and Makes Us Happy
• Reading Aloud Strengthens Fluency
• Reading Aloud Can Improve Working Memory
• Builds connections between the spoken and written word

Skimming & Scanning
http://www.howtolearn.com/2013/02/skimming-and-scanning-two-important-strategies-for-speeding-up-your-reading/

Strategies for Reading: Skimming & Scanning
Skimming is one of the tools you can use to read more in
less time. Skimming refers to looking only for the general
or main ideas and works best with non-fiction (or factual)
material. Skimming reduces your overall understanding
because you don’t read everything. You read only what is
important to your purpose. Skimming takes place while
reading and allows you to look for details in addition to
the main ideas.
https://www.utc.edu/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs/center-for-academic-support-and-advisement/tips-for-academic-success/skimming

Scanning
Scanning is another useful tool for speeding up your reading. Unlike
skimming, when scanning, you look only for a specific fact or piece
of information without reading everything. You scan when you look
for your favourite show listed in the cable guide, for your friend’s
phone number in a telephone book, and for the sports scores in the
newspaper.
For scanning to be successful, you need to understand how your
material is structured as well as comprehend what you read so you
can locate the specific information you need. Scanning also allows
you to find details and other information in a hurry.

Skimming methods
Beginnings & endings: Read first and last sentences of paragraphs, first and last paragraphs of major
sections, and introductions and summaries of chapters.
Wheat vs. chaff: Read only the amount of text necessary to determine if a section presents a main idea
or support for a main idea.
Visual & verbal cues: Watch for signal words and phrases that indicate an author’s direction (e.g.,
however, although, moreover, in addition to). Things to focus on while skimming:
•Introduction and conclusion
•Chapter/section summaries
•First and last sentences
•Titles, subtitles, and headings
•Bold words
•Charts, graphs, or pictures
•End of chapter review questions
Strategies for Reading: Skimming
https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/skimming/

- Important -
Skimming is reading rapidly in
order to get a general overview
of the material. Scanning is
reading rapidly in order to find
specific facts. While skimming
tells you what general
information is within a section,
scanning helps you locate a
particular fact.
Scanning, too, uses keywords
and organizational cues. But
while the goal of skimming is a
bird's-eye view of the material,
the goal of scanning is to locate
and swoop down on particular
facts.
http://www.butte.edu/departments/cas/tipsheets/readingstrategies/skimming_scanning.html#:~:text=Skimming%20is%20reading%20rapidly%20in,you%20locate%20a%20particular%20fact.

Reading Comprehension
“Real reading has to do with thinking, learning, and expanding a reader’s
knowledge and horizons. It has to do with building on past knowledge,
mastering new information, and connecting with the minds of those you’ve
never met.”
- Zimmerman, S. and Hutchins, C. (2003) Seven keys to comprehension: How to help your kids read it and get it! New York: Three Rivers Press.
Reading comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and
understand its meaning. It relies on two, interconnected abilities: word
reading (being able to decode the symbols on the page) and language
comprehension (being able to understand the meaning of the words and
sentences).
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/welcome-back/for-school-back/pathways-page/pathwayslist/teaching-comprehension/background-questions-tc/wales--16/what-is-reading-comprehension-and-why-is-it-important--2
Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read.

SQ3R - Reading/Study System
SQ3R is a reading comprehension method named for its five steps: survey,
question, read, recite, and review.
SURVEY
Gather the information necessary to focus and formulate
goals
QUESTION
Help your mind engage and concentrate
READ
Fill in the information around the mental structures you've been building
RECITE
Retrain your mind to concentrate and learn as it reads
REVIEW
Refine your mental organization and begin building memory
https://ucc.vt.edu/academic_support/study_skills_information/sq3r_reading-study_system.html#:~:text=SQ3R%20is%20a%20reading%20comprehension,gain%20from%20reading%20is%20important.

SQ3R – Through Google Images

Another Technique - PQRST

Read More from the Internet about SQ3R – PQRST

Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which
the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much
through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the
lyrics. By contrast, in musical theater an actor's dramatic
performance is primary, and the music plays a lesser role.
The drama in opera is presented using the primary elements of
theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words
of the opera, or libretto, are sung rather than spoken. The singers
are accompanied by a musical ensemble ranging from a small
instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic orchestra.
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