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Definitions and examples of readin skills
Reading skills
Skills |
Definition |
Example |
Predicting |
It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story. |
When reading a children´s book they can make predictions by looking at the pictures. |
Finding the main idea, important facts and supporting details. |
Additional information that explains, defines or proves an idea. |
When reading a text to make a summary. |
Reading for specific information |
It allows reader to find certain information in a text. |
When answering a questionnaire. |
Recognizing the structure of a reading |
Allows reader to understand and gather information. |
When making a graphic organizer of a reading. |
Making inferences |
Drawing conclusions based on information that has been implied rather than directly stated. |
When reading a novel, we use this skill to imagine the end. |
Critical reading |
It is the act of analyzing and evaluating what you are reading as you make your way through the text or as you reflect back upon your reading. |
The readings one makes to gather information to write and essay. |
Fast or speed reading |
The act of reading faster than usual. |
This skill we use it when we are skimming. |
Scanning |
One only looks for a specific fact or piece of information without reading everything. |
When summarizing or studying. |
Skimming |
Looking only for the general or main ideas, and works best with non-fiction (or factual) material. |
This skill is perfect when making a graphic organizer. |
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Reading skills
Concept |
Definition |
Reading |
The skill or activity of getting information from books. |
Skill |
An ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it. |
Reading skills |
Reading skills lead a person to interact and gain meaning from written language. |
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