WRITING A CLOSE ANALYSIS AND

CRITICAL
INTERPRETATION OF LITERARY
TEXTS
APPLYING A READING APPROACH
Reading Approach
Teachers use reading approach as one of the methods in
teaching English. This approach is one way of solving
student’s reading problems. Students are demanded to
read more to improve their knowledge and get new ideas.
Inferencing, guessing and predicting are important skills
developed in reading. By reading, students will know
about the different of culture by reading across cultural
understanding, and they will learn how to pronounce the
words correctly. In reading approach, students are
expected to improve their English skills.
Reading Approaches
Skimming - In skimming, the main idea of a text is
quickly identified.
 The goal is to read shorter texts to extract accurate
detailed information. Skimming is done at speed three to
four times faster than regular reading.
Reading Approaches
 Scanning
 Scanning is quickly reading a text to get the
summary of it. It is a technique wherein students
search for keywords or ideas. Scanning involves
moving eyes quickly down the page seeking specific
words and phrases. Scanning is also used for the
reader to find answers to questions.
Reading Approaches
 Extensive reading
 Extensive reading is an approach to language
learning, including foreign language learning, by
means of a large amount of reading. The readers
view and review of unfamiliar words in a specific
context will allow the reader to infer the word’s
meaning, to learn unknown words.
DIFFERENTIATING
21ST CENTURY
LITERARY GENRES
Literary Genre

Graphic fiction is
a creative piece
written in comic
form.
Literary Genre

Flash fiction is a
really short
written creative
piece usually
consisting of a few
hundred words
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