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Mastering Reading Skills and Techniques

This document outlines the objectives and content of a unit on reading skills, focusing on different reading styles and the SQ3R technique for effective reading. It describes slow, normal, and rapid reading styles, emphasizing the importance of purpose in reading. The SQ3R method, which includes steps such as surveying, questioning, reading, reciting, and reviewing, is presented as a strategy for active reading and comprehension.

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Mastering Reading Skills and Techniques

This document outlines the objectives and content of a unit on reading skills, focusing on different reading styles and the SQ3R technique for effective reading. It describes slow, normal, and rapid reading styles, emphasizing the importance of purpose in reading. The SQ3R method, which includes steps such as surveying, questioning, reading, reciting, and reviewing, is presented as a strategy for active reading and comprehension.

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Communication Skills

Unit 4 - Reading Skills

Dr. Ebtihal H. G. Yousif

Sudan University of Science & Technology


Electronics Engineering

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Objectives

After finishing this part, the student will be able to demonstrate


knowledge about
the different kinds of reading,
the different methods one can adopt to practice fast reading,
and
the SQ3R technique as an active reading process.

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Outline

1 Reading Skills

2 Reading Styles

3 SQ3R technique

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Reading Skills

“Reading is the activity or skill of understanding written words.”


According to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Reading involves two activities, one of seeing words before


our eyes and the other understanding their meanings.
Reading styles depend on your purpose and nature of the
reading material.

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Reading Styles

Slow Style
Also called the study reading Reading Styles
style.
This reading style that is slow
and used for the careful reading Slow Normal Rapid
of important material.
Normal Style
It means to read everything Skimming
without leaving out any words
This reading style takes time
and is used for important Surveying Scanning
material

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Reading Styles

Rapid Style
Skimming is a type of reading, where the reader is supposed
to read quickly taking minimum stops.
The reader should only focus on the main idea and connected
details of the text and should not attempt to look into all the
details.
1 Surveying is the process of reading a book, long article, or
report
2 Scanning is used to get specific information in the written
content. For example
“He scanned the book for that figure”
“She scanned the report for that table”
“We scanned through the result sheet looking for our names.”

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SQ3R technique

The SQ3R method was put together by Francis Robinson in 1970


as an active and effective method of reading.

It is one of the methods best known for reading faster


SQ3R stands for the steps in reading: survey ‫مسح عام‬,
question, read, recite ‫سرد‬, review ‫مراجعة‬.

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SQ3R technique

Before reading, survey the material. Look through the


Survey
main and the sub-headings and try to get an overview.

Ask yourself what this chapter is about: What is the


Question question the reading material is trying to answer?
Repeat this process with each subsequent section

Read one section at a time, looking for the an-


Read
swer to the question proposed by the heading.

Once you have read an initial section,


Recite
write down the major points of the section

After reading the entire material, again ask yourself the


Review questions that you have identified right at the beginning.
Review your notes for an overview of the chapter.

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References

D. Sudha Rani
Business Communication and Soft Skills Laboratory Manual.
Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., .2012
P. D. Chaturvedi and Mukesh Chaturvedi
Business Communication Skills, Concepts, and Applications,
Third Edition.
Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., .2013

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