There are different styles and techniques for reading texts depending on one's purpose. Skimming involves quickly reading to grasp the overall focus, scanning searches for specific information, intensive reading is for careful understanding of details, and extensive reading provides general understanding for pleasure. Proper reading technique is important to efficiently get information from written documents.

1. READING TECHNIQUES
Dr. Deepak Kumar

2. Some books are to be tasted,
others to be swallowed, and some
few to be chewed and digested.
(By Sir Francis Bacon)
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3. Styles of Reading
• Depends on the purpose
 For enjoyment
 For deeper understanding of the
subject
To get certain data from a passage
To review a written document
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4. Reading Techniques
• Skimming
• Scanning
• Intensive reading
• Extensive reading
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5. Skimming
• To get the gist of the text (e.g.,
Newspapers)
• Go through the sentences quickly
capturing key words
• Make suitable inferences about the
primary focus of the text
• 3 to 4 times faster than normal reading
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6. Scanning
• Searching for specific information
• Words related to information
• In most cases, You know what you are
looking for
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7. Intensive Reading
• Reading carefully for an exact
understanding of the text
• Paying required attention to details such
as structure, data etc.
• (e.g., legal documents, financial
documents etc.)
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8. Extensive Reading
• Reading for pleasure
• Needing a general understanding of the
content
• Usually done outside the classroom
• Requires a little less attention
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9. Thank You
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