The document discusses different types of reading including oral, silent, intensive, extensive, skimming, scanning, and global reading. It provides details on each type such as oral reading involves reading aloud while silent reading allows one to read quietly faster. Intensive reading focuses on details from shorter texts while extensive reading aims for general understanding from longer texts. Skimming and scanning are used to quickly obtain key information or find a specific fact respectively. Global reading was initially developed for English language learners.