Types of reading: skimming, scanning, intensive and extensive

TYPES OF READING

• TYPES OF READING | Scanning Skimming Intensive Extensive | Reading Comprehension | ELC (Incorporar)
• When someone is learning a second language, this person is going to lear how to talk, to write, to listen and to read. These are called, skills. so in this precisely moment we are going to learn something about the reading.
• There are 4 types of reading. So, in this video next to, we are going to learn the characteristics of each one.
• Go into it, and take some notes.

skimming

• 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

scanning

• How to scan:
• Alphabetical information is arranged in order from A to Z, while chronological information is arranged in time or numerical order.
• Information can be also be arranged in non- alphabetical order, such as a television listing, or by category, listings of like items such as an auto parts catalog.
• When to scan
• when your aim is to find specific pieces of information

Intensive reading

• Intensive reading
• I This type of reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks.
• Intensive reading: "the readers carefully and closely read a short text with the intention of gaining an understanding of as much as detail as possible" (Scrivener, 1994, p.188).
• This means that the learner focuses on the language more than the text.

Extensive reading

• Extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills.
• Aims of extensive reading
• The principal objective of undertaking an extensive reading approach is to get students reading in English and liking it. An increase in reading fluency should be another objective. Because of this, reading should be a pleasurable activity for the student, promoted as much as possible by the teacher.