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Reading PowerReading for Pleasure

Reading Comprehension Skill

Thinking in English

Reading Faster

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Why is reading important?

1. Can help you learns to think in English2. Can enlarge your English Vocabulary3. Can help you improve your writing4. May be a good way to practice your English 5. Can help you prepare for study6. Is a good way to find out about new ideas, facts,

& experiences

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Reading for Pleasure

Why read for pleasure?What are the advantages of reading for

pleasure?Guidelines for choosing a pleasure reading

bookHints for success in reading for pleasure

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Reading Comprehension skillScanningPreviewing and PredictingVocabulary Knowledge for Effective

ReadingTopicsTopics of Paragraphs

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Reading Comprehension skillMain IdeasPatterns of OrganizationSkimmingMaking InferencesSummarizing

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Is very high speed reading You have a question is in your mind

Do not read every word Only the words that answer your question

Practice it, will help you to skip over unimportant words

You can read faster

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2. Previewing and Prediction When you gather information about

a book by examining its cover, you are previewing.

The aim of previewing is to help you to predict or make some “educated guesses” about what is in the book

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3. Vocabulary Knowledge for Effective Reading

a. Guessing Unknown Vocabularyb. Guessing Meaning from Context in the

Sentencesc. Using Grammar to Guess Word

Meaningd. Recognizing Words that Connect Ideas

Three useful kinds of words to notice are pronouns, synonims and summary words

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4. What is a topic?When you read for the meaning, you should begin by looking for the topic. This helps you connect what you read to what you already know

In order to find out the topic, ask yourself:

“What is this about? What is the general idea?

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5. Topics of paragraph

A paragraph is a group of sentences that are all about the same thing. That is, they all have same topic.There are 3 kinds of topic: best, too specific and too general

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6. Main IdeasThe main idea of a paragraph is the author’s idea about the topic.

It is always a complete sentence that includes both the topic and the idea that the author wishes to express about the topic.

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6. Patterns of OrganizationFour common patterns1. Listing of related ideas or

examples2. Sequence3. Comparison/contrast4. Cause-effect

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8. Skimming is high-speed reading that can

save you lots of time To get the general sense of a

passage or a book

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9. Making Inference

Sometimes the topic of a text may not be stated anywhere directly. You must look for clues and try to guess what the passage about.

Like the question: what is “it” ?

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10. Summarizingis the retelling of the important parts of a passage in a much shorter form.

Why summarize? To make sure you to make sure you

have understood something To explain the sense of a passage to

someone else To review texts for examinations

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Thinking SkillsIf you want to read well in English, you

must think in English as you read. If you think in another language and

translate from the English, you will always have difficulty with comprehension.

Understanding the words and the grammar is not enough. You need to be able to follow the ideas in English.

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Reading fasterWhy read faster?There are two important reasons for

learning to read faster;You can read more in less timeYou can improve your

comprehension

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Thank You

Allah bless us

and Good Luck