READING

Reading is a receptive skill it involves responding to text and texts are usually longer than just a word or sentence. To understand a text is necessary to have a knowledge of the world to comprehend the connection between sentences.

The  most important aspects of reading involves the different reading skills or sub skills, they help us read in different ways according to our purpose for reading, our reasons for reading influence the way we read. For example if we read a text just to find a specific piece of information then we are scanning, if we read a text to get the general idea of what it is about then we are skimming. Another reading sub skill is reading for detail it involves getting the meaning of every single word, inferring for example is about deducing meaning from context we have to read the words around the unknown word to try to work out its meaning. We do extensive reading when we read for pleasure in contrast of intensive reading which is for academic purposes what in most of the situations is not for pleasure

As teachers in order to teach how read I consider it is imperative to teach vocabulary before handing a piece of reading it will ease the reading process and students will comprehend the texts better, also it is important to take into account the level, age and needs to prepare the lesson.