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Types of reading:
1. Scanning 
This is looking over a text quickly to get a specific piece of information.
2. Skimming 
Looking over the text quickly to get a general idea of the content. Your eyesmove quite fast, taking in titles of chapters, their beginnings and ends, and thefirst sentences of paragraphs.
3. Sub-vocalisation
This is reading very slowly and methodically, either saying the words out loud or at least with a ‘voice’ in your head. It is painstaking but very slow. We tend to useit when trying out a recipe for the first time, or carrying out instructions as to howto assemble something we’ve bought.
4. Light Reading 
This is reading fairly quickly without concentrating too hard or worrying aboutevery single word. We often use it when reading an enjoyable novel.
5. Study Reading 
Study reading involves thinking about what is being read so that it is understoodand can be recalled. It needs to be worked at, with time for reflection, thought,analysis, criticism, comparison, notes made, points highlighted and emphasised,arguments followed and evaluated, the whole summarised.
The reading process and reading efficiency
Reading is the translation of symbols, or letters, into words and sentences thatthen have meaning for the individual looking at them. The reader must follow asequence of symbols arranged in a particular way - in English from left to right, inHebrew from right to left, and in Chinese from top to bottom.What happens physically when we read? It is quite common to think that the eyeglides along a line, from left to right, and then zips down to the start of the linebelow, in one smooth, unbroken movement. Other students assume that we takein one word, understand it, and then move on to the next.
 
You can study how people read quite easily. Ask a friend to look at a book,preferably one produced with large print, and to read it, holding it just below their eye level. Now watch their eyes. You will notice that, rather than making onesmooth sweep across the page , their eyes move sporadically, going forward witha jump and then pausing. This sort of ‘jumping’ movement is known as saccadicmovement.This stopping and starting type of movement is essential, since the eye can onlytake in information when it is not moving. When the eye is motionless, it takes inpart of a sentence and then moves on to the next part, so that, in fact, we readsentences in small chunks.In addition, you may notice that your friend’s eyes actually go back and look atsomething that they have already read before returning to their current place inthe text. This regression, as it is known, aids the reader’s understanding, as theyrevise their understanding in the light of new information. Regression used to bedisapproved of, but it is now realised that it plays an important part in effectivereading.Students sometimes find that it takes them a long time to read academic work. Itmay be that they are not clear why they are reading the piece. However, somepeople read the words out loud to themselves as they go. They are trying to givethe text its importance, but they are slowing reading speed down to talkingspeed. Even following the words with your finger or a pencil can slow you down.The best way to improve your reading speed is simply to practise under timedconditions. Students who have practised reading faster in this way for just anhour a week have shown average improvements in speed of 50% during a tenweek term. Nor does this mean that they have understood less. On the contrary,because they are concentrating on the meaning of the text they are studying,they show a marked increase in comprehension in addition to their dramaticincrease in speed.
Guided Reading Techniques
Whether you are reading a textbook, comic book, study guide or a letter from agood friend, you can use guided reading techniques to enhance your comprehension of the written word. Using guided reading techniques, use thefollowing format to capture the core learning objectives of what you're reading.
 Assignment: Book: Romeo and Juliet 
1. For each chapter of the book "Romeo and Juliet" write a summary descriptionof at least 3 visual aids from each chapter (locations, descriptive narratives,family trees etc). See the example from Chapter 1 below:
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