The document outlines strategies for teaching reading to students learning a second language. It discusses using reading to help students learn language, obtain information, and learn about the target culture. Reading strategies covered include previewing, predicting, skimming, scanning, guessing from context, and paraphrasing. The teacher's role is to develop exercises to apply these strategies at different stages - pre-reading, while reading, and post-reading. The goal is to encourage effective reading and deeper text analysis.