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English Reading and Writing

Read, write and enjoy the journey! Share your thoughts! Think out of the box! Be kind! Do I make mistakes? That's ok. I'm learning and this is a long and great journey!

English Reading and Writing

Read, write and enjoy the journey! Share your thoughts! Think out of the box! Be kind! Do I make mistakes? That's ok. I'm learning and this is a long and great journey!

ERW1_2018/2019- Session 1 - Challenge 4 - Types of Reading

Now that you have already written about your last ten things that you have written, I want you to read this article by Maija MacLeod about types of reading.

Any thoughts?

Taking into account the list shared in Challenge 1 about Reading, what kinds of reading have you mostly done lately?

What type(s) of reading is your favourite? What types of reading do we use in our classrooms?

Share your thoughts in the comment section and feel free to interact with each other.

nlm

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Anónimo 28.11.2018

'(...)Any thoughts? (...) what kinds of reading have you mostly done lately? What type(s) of reading is your favourite? What types of reading do we use in our classrooms?'

I like it because I didn't know it. In other words, I practice these types of reading and did not even know they belonged to some kind of reading. :)
When in the others answers i said that i read articles, do internet search and read the newspapers it's an extensive reading and look it was looking for the principal meaning of some content,yes, i was doing extensive and in some content on the newspapers or in the texts on the internet during that extensive reading i was skimming and sometimes when i was looking for a specific word or date or references of some engine parts i was diong scanning...wow...mind-blowing...i never knew that i was doing something that we are now studying,cool.
In my classes (again surprise) i practice intensive reading. I choose the text or some paragraphes for the students to read and i know that is (normally) not pleasure but,well, it's the program so nothing to do?Maybe,sometimes i give them some 'larger' and 'out of the box' for their to read and complete their knowing about some of the text that they had read in the classroom.

I like it, cool 'stuff' :)

DM
nlm - the teacher - or nlm's student 28.11.2018

Happy to read that you have enjoyed the article and find it useful. :)
You can use it with your students. :)

I feel that nowadays our students are very good at scanning, finding specific information to answer an English question; however they are not able to get the main ideas nor translate the main phrases or sentences... Sometimes they have no idea what they are writing, but they still can spot the right answer... That's weird, isn't it?

nlm
Anónimo 01.12.2018

I agree with you, teacher. It´s weird!!!

misa

sandra 28.11.2018

Lately my readings are directed to teaching/job, as has already been mentioned in Challenge 1 about Reading.
I'm not a very assiduous reader. I believe that reading is much more than an apprenticeship. In addition to the philosophies and complex words is another universe in which the imagination is endless. Through the stories you can travel through fantastic worlds and meeting new people, without leaving the couch. Of course, nothing replaces an interaction between people, but while reading a book, I know that that moment would be my own.
Nowadays, more and more, the teachers have been valuing the reading practices in classroom. Varied activities that favor the fluency reader and the understanding of the texts. The teachers understand the function of the reading in different modalities: reading for the teacher, reading for the student, shared reading, reading to present to the other ones.
There are those who practice reading for pleasure and there are those who make it out of necessity. Reading requires concentration, ability of interpretation and attention. For texts written in our language, this activity does not represent a difficulty, since we have knowledge of "nuances" of the language itself.
However, when you learn a new language, such as English, reading can become a challenge. Little trouble understanding vocabulary, idioms, among others.
For this there are reading strategies that can facilitate the understanding and translation of works and texts written in another language.
The Skimming is a strategy to help read a text more quickly. In this technique we should pay attention to the layout of the text (how the text is willing), title, subtitle, first or last lines of each paragraph, non-verbal information (figures, graphs, and tables). For example, when we read "absentmindedly" a magazine or newspaper we are employing the technique of Skimming.
For your time, the Scanning is a fast-reading technique used when reading in search of specific information in the text, how to search a word in the dictionary, see an article in a catalog, find a phone number in the book.
In addition to these two techniques and according to the article "Types of Reading" of Maija MacLeod, there are also two more techniques that can help us in the learning of new languages, as in the case of extensive and intensive reading.
Most of reading developed in universities/colleges is the intensive reading, students read and usually have to answer specific questions. The extensive reading has several key functions, cultivate the pleasure of reading without someone "Thanks". Among other relevant aspects, this reading, too, contributes to the formation of the individual in various areas of knowledge.
nlm - the teacher - or nlm's student 03.12.2018

Thanks.
Remember I want you to share your own perspective, to enrich the conversation with your own thoughts, opinions. I don't expect you nor want you to explain the concepts again. Thanks.

nlm
sandra 03.12.2018

ok, thanks

Anónimo 29.11.2018

This is how I´ve been reading lately…

I begin by giving to what I have to read a quick scan, hoping to understand what it is about, what the author is going to attempt to prove and how he is going to set about this task. I skim over the table of contents. Having done that, I tend to remain a little bit over the introductory chapter(s), for I find this to be the most important section in the text. I read with a pencil in hand and underline. I also tend to write short notes and questions in paper.

This method does not always work. Lately I find myself doing a lot of reading while hearing my four-year old son. I can’t pay attention to a child, a pencil and text all at the same time.
In some cases I continue reading and try to return later to mark down important points. Looking over the things I have read recently I forget a great deal of what I read.
I could barely remember the content. I have realized that this is inevitable. I focus on remembering what I can and trust that simply because I do not remember the complete information. Sometimes I think I have an imperfect memory. I forget many things, basic things…It´s frustrating…But I have the thought that, like any discipline, reading will become easier as you dedicate yourself to it.

The kind of reading I prefer is the extensive reading because I like to read as much as possible about a subject.

In our classrooms it has been more common the use of Intensive Reading, unfortunaltly.
But I think that we can use more the Intensive and Extensive Reading together. For example, where extensive reading is encouraged, the teacher may have all the students read the same text so they can discuss the topic together or learn a specific skill such as writing an outline. In a class where intensive reading is mostly used, students may be asked to read texts of their own choosing to report back on, in either an oral or written format.

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Anónimo 30.11.2018

I agree with colleague DM when he/she says that he/she didn’t know some of these reading terms, namely "skimmimg" and "digitizing". I had already heard some expressions about the type of reading: out loud, a "white" reading, a silent "diagonal" reading, "hitting text", which I heard a lot in theater rehearsals when we read the script aloud , while we were still seeing which of the roles would fit each actor. Now, after reading this article, I became acquainted with new terms, which I use in my daily life, both professionally and personally.
At school, I rely heavily on intense or "narrow" reading when students are to "look" into the text, after reading aloud, usually initiated by me, while reading comprehensively, happens to those students who finish one activity first than other colleagues, choose a book to browse and read only what they know, often ignoring the unknown vocabulary, as I do when I read the newspaper. Since the digitization, I use the official documents, I look for specific dates or names, doing it quickly, until .... "Plimmm", I found it! Sometimes I think I do it with the skimming, I did it many times in the reading of texts when I did the post-graduation and the Masters eh eh eh eh.
Well, I think I'll go to classes with new concepts tomorrow and use them with my "pupils" when we're reading something. I'm just going to review the role of the teacher and the student for each of them. Hugs.

MCA - Marco
nlm - the teacher - or nlm's student 03.12.2018

Great Marco! Let us know how you used these concepts in class and the outcome!

nlm

Anónimo 01.12.2018

Taking into account my list shared in Challenge 2, now I know that I practice different types of reading everyday…
Generally, all my readings are extensive readings. When I read a book, I’m doing it simply for pleasure so it is extensive reading. If I read newspapers, online news or magazines, I’m skinning information. As a consumer, I’m scanning when I look for information and a careful “reading” on prices or best deals on supermarket and store leaflets is needed.
As a student I can do intensive or extensive reading as required. I have no favourite… just depends on the necessity.
Now I realise that in our classrooms we mainly use intensive reading maybe because school syllabus and guidelines lead us to do it. All the students read the same text so they can discuss the topic together or learn a specific skill. Although, students practice extensive reading too when it is done for the comprehension of main ideas.
As a teacher, I think that the better for the students as individual and free minds are skimming and scanning when reading a text. They choose the text, may skim through it first to see if it is worth reading, then read it more carefully and scan for a specific piece of information previously required. Of course, that is almost impossible to do with young foreign language learners.

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Anónimo 02.12.2018

The different types of reading that the author mentions are all important and should be applied correctly according to the reading needs we are doing in each situation.
The intensive reading is in fact, the one in which there is an intense analysis of all the contents of the text and is directed to develop the intended skills. It is a reading that works well in the classroom, in the sense we can direct the students to learn and develop the skills we intend to work on. However, it is a very teacher-oriented work and does not allow the learner to have freedom of reading what can be demotivating for him.
We should know, how to take proper advantage of the different types of reading and should guide students to apply these types of reading according to the purpose of each text read. For example: when we ask students for a research work, they should know to apply a scanning and skimming reading together; when they read a book of personal interest outside the school context, they should apply a extensive reading. I believe that, unconsciously, children apply the different types of reading in their daily life according to their needs.
When we are acquiring a second language, extensive reading works well because we understand the global meaning of what we are reading, without understanding exactly the meaning of all words.
The reading I have been using lately is scanning and skimming reading, because I like objective, quick, and concise readings. However, according to my needs I also use the other types of reading.

LSS
nlm - the teacher - or nlm's student 03.12.2018

Thanks LSS.
Remember to focus on giving your opinion and sharing your experiences instead of explaining again the concepts. I want you to contribute to the conversation with your own perspective. :)

nlm

Anónimo 03.12.2018

Most of the reading developed in universities, colleges, elementary, middle and technical school is intensive reading, students read and usually have to answer specific questions or mark true or false. There is nothing wrong with that. However, one must awaken in the reader the habit of extensive reading - one in which the reader is not committed to reading and then answering questions, marking true or false. This is sometimes monotonous, repetitive in addition may pass the erroneous notion that intensive reading is more important than extensive. In my profession I use only the intensive reading when I have to do reports.
As a teacher it’s very important to awaken the students about the habit of extensive reading where they can feel joy reading a book or text without them being forced.
Extensive reading we can read different kinds of books,magazines,articles needing only a general understand about the subject. This type of reading is the most used in elementary school.
When it comes to Skimming or Scanning it’s two important skills that many times are used everyday in school without even realizing we are doing it as an example: When we read a text in the classroom and then after analyzing it we have to feature the main actor of text in that case we doing scanning because we are trying to find specific information about the actor.
After reading this article, I conclude that these types of reading I have been doing it for a long time without ever knowing there was a specific name for each type, However it’s important to know the features of each reading type and it’s functions.

Ricardo Alves -RA
nlm - the teacher - or nlm's student 03.12.2018

Yes indeed A. thanks for sharing. Let us know if you use the concepts in your future classes how it goes.

nlm

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