ENG101 Lecture 6 Reading Skills

Welcome to your ENG101 Lecture 6 Reading Skills

What are reading skills?

What is the primary goal of reading?

What is “skimming”?

What is “scanning”?

What is “intensive reading”?

What is “predicting” in reading?

What does “context” mean in reading?

What is “comprehension”?

What is “inference” in reading?

What is the purpose of “previewing”?

What is a “main idea”?

What are “supporting details”?

What is “note-taking” in reading?

What are “reading strategies”?

What is “paraphrasing”?

What is “summarizing”?

Why is reading considered an active skill?

Why do we use skimming?

Why is scanning useful?

Why should readers make predictions while reading?

Why do readers use context clues?

Why is intensive reading used in study materials?

Why is extensive reading important?

Why should readers take notes while reading?

Why do good readers identify main ideas?

Why is inference a higher-level reading skill?

Why is previewing a helpful strategy?

Why do teachers recommend summarizing after reading?

Why are both skimming and scanning considered efficient reading methods?

Why is reading an essential academic skill?

Why is vocabulary important in reading?

Why is paraphrasing a part of good reading?

Why does regular reading improve fluency?

If a student needs to find a date in a text quickly, which skill should they use?

A student looks at headings and pictures before reading. What skill is this?

When reading a novel for enjoyment, which skill is used?

To quickly find the main idea of an article, what should a reader do?

When a reader guesses the meaning of “ecosystem” from the sentence, “Plants and animals depend on each other in an ecosystem,” what skill is used?

A reader who concludes “the author is warning against pollution” is using which skill?

When a student writes key points after reading, which skill is being practiced?

Which skill helps readers identify both main ideas and supporting details?

To read a newspaper headline for general understanding, which technique is best?

A student writes “Pollution harms health and environment” after reading a long paragraph. What is the student doing?

A learner who connects “this method” to “the recycling process” is identifying what?

When reading complex texts, what helps readers handle difficult vocabulary?

What skill is used when checking a timetable for bus times?

A student underlines key ideas while reading. What skill does this support?

When a reader rewrites a passage in their own words, what skill is that?

A student reads a passage to answer comprehension questions accurately. What skill is applied?

What is “extensive reading”?