READING STRATEGIES

READING STRATEGIES

1. Skimming

   • what is it?
     • It is a technique of fast moving the eyes over text.
       • What it is for
         • the purpose is to know the main idea of text contnet.

2. Scanning

   • What is it?
     • This is a way to quickly read large amount of text by skipping sections of it.
       • What is it for
         • The objective is to find specific data in a text, such as names, dates, statistics or facts.

3. Predicting

   • What is it?
     • It is think ahead while reding and anticipate information in the text.
       • What is it for
         • To help us establish a connection between the new information and the one we already know

4. Inferring

   • Wha is it?
     • is a mental process by which we reach a conclusion based on specific evidence of the text
       • What is it for
         • The purpose is to conclude what can happen in a text interpreting the development of what we have read

5. Guessing

   • Whais it?
     • It is a method to estimate or to guess the meaning of a word
       • What is it for
         • To know the meaning of an unknown word depending on the context and through the prefix, stem and suffix that may form the word, for example, unrespectful, prefix-un, stem-respect, suffix-ful.