Give examples for the various types of reading

                We read in different ways depending on the purpose for which we are reading a text. Following are the example of some of the different types of reading.

                1. Skimming:

                 

i)          Suppose we want to buy a book on Communication Skills, we go to a book store and see a rack full of books, with the same title but different authors. We don’t have time to read the pages before deciding on buying the book. Hence, we quickly go through the contents, title page and the blurb. By now we have decided to buy one book. This is skimming reading. Thus, skimming means “looking quickly over a text/book to get a general superficial idea of the content.”

                         

ii)         At bus stop or at a news paper stall we often read headlines of the news in many papers without reading whole article is another example.

2. Scanning:

i)          When we get a new word during the article reading, we would like to know the meaning of the word, for our own benefit. So, you get the dictionary and carefully find the word. This type of careful reading, to find out the specific, clear details, is known as Scanning.

ii)         Another Example is some time like in exam we have to read a paragraph and answer the questions. That time we carefully read each and every word of paragraph. This is also scanning.

3. Extensive Reading:

When we read for the pure pleasure of reading we call it extensive reading.

i)          During bus or train travel we might get hold of a novel, a comic strip, a magazine etc.

ii)         At home if we are getting bore than we read some magazine etc.

4. Intensive Reading:

When we read shorter texts like a research paper, for getting specific details/information we read slowly with a lot of concentration. This is intensive reading.

i)          Like we read a book as a resource material for research we read it intensively because the overall understanding is not the objective of our reading.

ii)         When we read an article in order to write a review on it, we read it intensively.

5. Loud and Silent Reading:

Most of our day-to-day reading is done silently.

i)             When we read an article or an advertisement, we  are engaged in the process of deriving meaning from the passage.

Some time we have to read aloud like:

ii)         In a training session we have read the instruction loudly.