Word Group Reading Technique

Word group reading technique is a technique to read speed with taking the hunk of words to understand the whole of sentence. The reader can take some words of the text to comprehend what they read. The readers have to expand their eye vision in order to remember the whole sentences and phrase.

The reader also feels benefits of this technique

1.      To increase the skill of reading speed

2.      To increase the vocabulary

3.      The reader can get the visualization of the material easily

4.      The reader get comprehension the basic idea at a glance

The steps to conduct word group reading technique

1.      Expand your eye view towards the text

2.      Degrade the fixation stop

3.      You can pay attention to nouns and verbs

4.      You can omit the filler word

5.      Degrade bad habit of reading

6.      You can also combine this technique with multiple reading strategies

Source: http://www.speedreadinglounge.com/reading-groups-of-words

Applying Skimming and Scanning Strategies in Reading Comprehension

We often get  difficulties in reading activity. The reasons for that problem are that reading consists of some components which have relation to each other (vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, decoding, and comprehension). Skimming and scanning strategies are as the best solution for solving that problem. This solution is able to be offered to aid us in effective way. Using these strategies make us able to comprehend in short time.

Scanning as Reading strategy

Cross (1992) states that scanning is simply means searching with a purpose. He said that scanning has the same purpose and strategy with the doctor when he treats the patients. He made a parable that using the scanning is like a doctor diagnoses a medical problem toward his/her patients. Therefore, scanning has meaning as an activity to read the text quickly to find the detailed information.

According to Brown (2001:308), scanning strategy is the strategy for quickly finding specific information in a text while ignoring its broader meaning. The readers can get information such as name, date, place, picture clues or some particular contents without reading the entire article . Using scanning is helpful for student  to answer and to get the important content that they looking for.

According to Ana Arundel Community College Reading and Study Skill Lab (1999), scanning is very useful for finding a specific names, date, statistic, or fact without reading the entire article. Scanning can be useful to find statements, definitions, formulas, etc. While Bell (2001) explains scanning system as a technique someone often uses when looking up a word in the telephone book or dictionary. It is usually used for searching key words or ideas. In most cases, the reader knows what he is looking for, so he is concentrating on finding a particular answer. The reader can give attention to find the particular answer related to the given question. The reader also need to look  arrangement of the organizer in text, such as numbers, letters, steps, or the words, first, second, or next. Look for words that are bold faced, italics, or in a different font size, style, or color.

Skimming strategy

Based on Arundel in Reading and Study Skill Lab (1999), skimming is a strategy of rapidly moving the eyes over the text with the purpose of getting only the main ideas and the general overview of the content. Skimming is commonly used in three different part of condition. They are pre-reading, reviewing, and reading.

According to Harmer (2001), skimming is a technique in looking for a text to get a quick idea of the gist of a text. The readers still make an effort to read everything, but they have to intentionally search for certain parts. The readers have to try finding out the main idea of each paragraph that they read.

There are some step which we need to notice when we use skimming:

those are:

1. Read the title.

2. Read the introduction of lead paragraph.

3. Read the first paragraph completely.

4. Read the first sentence of each remaining paragraph.

5. Dip into the text to looking for clue words, proper noun, unusual words, enumeration, qualifying adjective, typographical cues.

6. Read the final paragraph completely.


Source: ejournal.unesa.ac.id/article/4577/58/article.pdf

READING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS

We need the method or strategies to comprehend what we are reading.

1.  Extensive Reading

-reading for pleasure any topic of interest

-main purpose: to relax and enjoy  yourself

-comics, humorous stories, tales, novels,  short articles in the newspapers and magazines, jokes, and other forms of light reading materials.

2. Intensive Reading

-careful or in-depth reading

-you read for details and extract specific info   on particular topics

-the kind of reading you do when you study, prepare a term paper, or an oral report

-has several techniques or sub-types: scanning, skimming, exploratory reading, study reading, critical reading, and analytical reading.

READING TECHNIQUES/SUBKINDS
for Intensive Reading

a. Scanning

-rapid reading assisted by key words to locate specific pieces of info 

-for research, review

-gets info that answer what, who, where, when, how

Exs.  looking for a word meaning in the dictionary, getting a docu from the filing cabinet, looking through the yellow pages

b. Skimming

-rapid reading focusing on the TITLE, HEADINGS, TOPIC SENTENCE, SIGN POSTS to get the main idea

- effective preliminary step to reading thoroughly bec. after skimming, you can quickly go back to details you need to read entirely

Skimming Steps

1. Preview the text by reading the title and the introduction. (Usually, the intro has the thesis statement).
2. Check if there are headings and subheadings.
3. Read the 1^st parag. and the 1^st sentences of the succeeding parags.
4. Quickly check keywords in the parag. (sometimes higlighted, italicized, underlined)
5. Read the last parag. (Usually it summarizes the main points.
6. If you feel that a parag. contains impt. Info that answers what, why, when, how, and who, read it fully. 

Examples

-Surveying a chapter/article

-Reviewing something you’ve read

- Choosing a magazine/book to buy in the bookstore        

c. Exploratory Reading

-Aims to get a fairly accurate picture of a whole presentation of ideas; how the whole selection is presented

-Allots more time for reading

- Examples:

•       Long articles in mags, short stories, descriptive texts

d. Study Reading

- the reader must get a maximum understanding of the main ideas and their relationships

- examples:  SQ3R, SQ4R (survey, question, read, record, recite, review)

SQ4R: STEPS

 1)  SURVEYING: (preparing for reading) Take note of the titles, headings & subheadings; words in italics or bold print; intro & summaries; pictures & captions; questions at the end of the chapter or section (do this in few minutes only)

2) QUESTIONING:  (focusing your reading)

Turn headings & subheadings into questions by asking who, what, when, where, why, and how about. them.

3) READING:  (focusing your reading)

Take time to read with maximum comprehension. Try to answer the questions you posed in the previous step. Try to det. the main ideas and major details of the text.

4) RECORDING:  (focusing your reading)

Take note so you can remember what you have read.

5) RECITING:  (recalling step)

Recite aloud or mentally, pair up with a partner for a Q&A session.

6) REVIEWING: (recalling step)

Repeat some of the previous steps and review on a regular basis

e. Critical Reading

- question, analyze and evaluate the text

- use critical-thinking skills to:

ü  differentiate bet. fact & opinion;

ü  recognize author’s purpose in writing;

ü  make inferences abt. purposes and        characters;

ü  recognize the author’s tone in writing;

ü  recognize persuasive techniques or        propaganda designed to sway you to     believe

ü  reader stops to consider the facts carefully, “take time to read in order to the get facts straight”

ü  Examples: Reading done in periodicals, books, ads which are loaded with propaganda devices designed to sway opinion.

f.  Analytical Reading

-careful attention to each word and its importance in relation to other words in the sentence or the paragraph.

         Examples:

         Reading mathematical problems, scientific formulas, and certain definitive statements of key ideas that require a questioning/inquisitive mind

g. Developmental Reading

 When a reader is under a comprehensive reading program that lets him go through stages & monitors him closely

Examples:

•       SRA

•       ARC

READING TECHNIQUE

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