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Hi Everyone,

Let’s talk about reading, what does Reading look like for you on a day-to-day basis? Did you know that there are 4 main styles of reading? They are Skimming, Scanning, Intensive and Extensive.

See many students/people struggle to do research work or reading related work because they are not taught these techniques leaving the task feeling tedious and them feeling not engaged. Using these techniques can benefit your reading abilities and encourage a healthy relationship with reading and school work. Older students could benefit with their note taking. So, what exactly are these Skills you ask?

Skimming: also known as “gist” reading is where you skim through the text to grasp the main idea or general information within a section and leaving out the details. Examples would be the newspaper (to get the general news), Travel brochure to quickly get informed.

Scanning is when the reader reads rapidly going over text to find particular information. Helps you locate a particular fact. Examples: Schedules (plane etc.), meeting plans

Intensive is more time consuming, it needs close accurate reading for the reader’s attention and comprehension of the content read. It is important to understand each word, number or facts. Examples: Contracts, insurance claims, and documents.

Extensive is more for pleasurable reading and knowledge, concentration is more on fluency rather than accuracy. It’s highly unlikely for readers to take this approach on topics of dislike. Examples: a book you have read before, a magazine you like

These important daily skills need to be taught or revisited to ensure the skills are confident and available to be used.

Right now I’m reading Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, by Elle Cosimano. What are you reading?

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Rhonda Funk- Steward