Different Types

of Reading
1. Scanning
 Gives you a general understanding of the material you read. It is
used to find specific facts.
 It is a rapid reading assisted by key words to locate specific
pieces of information.
 It is for research and review.
 It also gets information that answer; what, who, where, when
and how.
 Ex.
looking for a word meaning in the dictionary or a name or an
address in a phone book, getting a document from the filling
cabinet, looking through the yellow pages.
2. Skimming
 It is a type of reading in which you go quickly over written
material and pay close attention only to those parts that
interest you or that you consider important.
 A rapid reading focusing on the title, headings, topic
sentence, sign posts, to get the main idea.
 Effective preliminary step to reading thoroughly because
after skimming you can quickly go back to details you need to
read entirely.
 Ex.
It should be use when you read a newspaper.
3.Extensive Reading

 It is a reading for pleasure any topic of interest.

 Main purpose: to relax and enjoy yourself
 Ex.
comics, humorous, stories, tales, novels, short articles in
the newspapers and magazines, jokes, and other forms of light
reading materials.
4. Critical Reading

 It is when you have learned the material by pre-reading and

study reading and now you need to process and analyze the
information.
 Ex.
When you need to write a review, summary or other type of
assignment asking for analysis or opinion, when studying for a test
with essay questions.
5. Exploratory Reading

 Aims to get a fairly accurate picture of a whole presentation of

ideas; how the whole selection is presented.
 Allows more time of reading.
 Ex.
Long articles in magazines, short stories, descriptive texts.
6.Study Reading

 The reader must get a maximum understanding of the main

ideas and their relationships
 Ex.
Survey, question, read, record, recitation and review.
7. Analytical Reading

 A careful attention to each word and its importance in relation

to other words in the sentence or the paragraph.
 Ex.
Reading mathematical problems, scientific formulas, and
certain definitive statements of key ideas that require a
questioning or inquisitive mind.
8. Developmental Reading

 It is when a reader is under a comprehensive reading program

that lets him go through stages.
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