READING
SKILLS
An Effort By:
Tean Zaheer
DVM,UAF
What Reading Skills Are?
• Reading is the process of constructing meaning from
written texts. It is a complex skill requiring the
coordination of a number of interrelated sources of
information (Anderson et al., 1985).
• Reading skills refer to the specific abilities that enable a
person to read with independence and interact with the
message.
Importance Of Reading Skills
Reading skills are the key to:
• The general knowledge, spelling, writing abilities
and vocabulary.
• The passion of learning and advancing.
• The success in most academic and occupational
fields.
• Improve grammar and Spellings.
• A healthy self-concept.
Five Pillars Of Reading Instructions
• Phonemic Awareness -Ability to hear, identify and
manipulate the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken
words.
• Phonics- a method of teaching people to read and
pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter
groups, and syllables.
Five Pillars Of Reading Instructions
Conti…
• Reading Fluency - The ability to read with
accuracy, and with an appropriate rate,
expression, and phrasing.
• Vocabulary-having a proficient word power.
• Text Comprehension-grasp the ideas behind
the text.
Prosody-Important tool of Fluent
Reading
• Prosody is reading with expression, with
appropriate phrasing, with pitch, stress and
emphasis.
• Disfluent readers tend to read in a
monotonous and choppy fashion with little or
no expression and their phrasing is either word
by word or involves awkward grouping of words.
Prosody-Important tool of Fluent Reading
• Fluent readers, on the other
hand, integrate pitch, emphasis,
and the appropriate use of
phrasing in their reading. This
occurs only as readers become
aware of the connection between
written and oral language. This
indicates their understanding of
what they have read.
Strategies Before Reading
• Choose reward.
• Specify the time.
• Brainstorm, cluster, web, list the things.
• Anticipate-Predict the up coming text.
Strategies Before Reading
• Skim-study superficially, glance through chief ideas,
including Pre reading, Skim reading & Review Reading.
• Predict meaning of new vocabulary in accordance with
previous text.
• Visualize-forming a mental picture.
• Set purpose, goals of reading
Strategies During Reading
• Adjust reading rate.
• Predict/support/confirm/adjust.
• Scanning-Read between the lines to grasp
maximally.
• Question.
• Monitor understanding.
• Reread.
• Read/pause/summarize.
Strategies After Reading
• Confirm/adjust predictions
• Retell-Memorize.
• Skim and reread
• Take notes
• Make inferences
• Reflect on reading
• Question
What Influences Reading Skills &
Abilities?
• Lack of realistic reading goals.
• Lack of necessary materials for reading.
• Sheer hustle & bustle (Noise).
• Lack of combination of physical & mental abilities to
read & comprehend.
Distractions during Reading
It is imperative to…
• Go for appropriate time & place.
• Prevent reading failure
• Prevent frustration
• Allow flexibility of pacing-the rate of progress.
• Avoid stigmatizing(to regard things in a way that
show strong disapproval).
• Nurture a culture of acceptance
Reading skills-A gateway to Communication skills

Reading skills-A gateway to Communication skills

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  • 2.
    What Reading SkillsAre? • Reading is the process of constructing meaning from written texts. It is a complex skill requiring the coordination of a number of interrelated sources of information (Anderson et al., 1985). • Reading skills refer to the specific abilities that enable a person to read with independence and interact with the message.
  • 3.
    Importance Of ReadingSkills Reading skills are the key to: • The general knowledge, spelling, writing abilities and vocabulary. • The passion of learning and advancing. • The success in most academic and occupational fields. • Improve grammar and Spellings. • A healthy self-concept.
  • 4.
    Five Pillars OfReading Instructions • Phonemic Awareness -Ability to hear, identify and manipulate the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. • Phonics- a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter groups, and syllables.
  • 5.
    Five Pillars OfReading Instructions Conti… • Reading Fluency - The ability to read with accuracy, and with an appropriate rate, expression, and phrasing. • Vocabulary-having a proficient word power. • Text Comprehension-grasp the ideas behind the text.
  • 6.
    Prosody-Important tool ofFluent Reading • Prosody is reading with expression, with appropriate phrasing, with pitch, stress and emphasis. • Disfluent readers tend to read in a monotonous and choppy fashion with little or no expression and their phrasing is either word by word or involves awkward grouping of words.
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    Prosody-Important tool ofFluent Reading • Fluent readers, on the other hand, integrate pitch, emphasis, and the appropriate use of phrasing in their reading. This occurs only as readers become aware of the connection between written and oral language. This indicates their understanding of what they have read.
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    Strategies Before Reading •Choose reward. • Specify the time. • Brainstorm, cluster, web, list the things. • Anticipate-Predict the up coming text.
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    Strategies Before Reading •Skim-study superficially, glance through chief ideas, including Pre reading, Skim reading & Review Reading. • Predict meaning of new vocabulary in accordance with previous text. • Visualize-forming a mental picture. • Set purpose, goals of reading
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    Strategies During Reading •Adjust reading rate. • Predict/support/confirm/adjust. • Scanning-Read between the lines to grasp maximally. • Question. • Monitor understanding. • Reread. • Read/pause/summarize.
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    Strategies After Reading •Confirm/adjust predictions • Retell-Memorize. • Skim and reread • Take notes • Make inferences • Reflect on reading • Question
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    What Influences ReadingSkills & Abilities?
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    • Lack ofrealistic reading goals. • Lack of necessary materials for reading. • Sheer hustle & bustle (Noise). • Lack of combination of physical & mental abilities to read & comprehend. Distractions during Reading
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    It is imperativeto… • Go for appropriate time & place. • Prevent reading failure • Prevent frustration • Allow flexibility of pacing-the rate of progress. • Avoid stigmatizing(to regard things in a way that show strong disapproval). • Nurture a culture of acceptance