Sunday, April 17, 2011

LETS LEARNS SKILLS ON READING~~~

let's enjoy my entry and hope you will love reading... : )

What's techniques u will use in exam?
Let me guess..read n try to understand each words??
We have no time to understand each words dear!
so,i have some tips to u all!!
just read the tips k..if you dont want to apply that,this your own business k..heeheh

In exam we have 2 types of  comprehension,i think laa..if wrong,mizz zu??can u correct me??hehehe


1. Linear

usually in essay n pharagraph
- we need to use skimming technique

What is skimming?
  • This is a reading skill employed to obtain the general idea of a text,to find out the writer's point of view and to see how to contents in a passage are arrange.
  • When a text or a passage is too long and we have limited amount of time,we use this reading technique.
  • The speed in which we read is three or  four times faster than the speed of normal reading.
  • when skimming,look for key words and phrases,the headlings or sub-headlings for the general idea of the passage.
  • In short,directly look to main idea and search to it.



2. Non-Linear 

- usually in table,graph,chart or point
-we need to use scanning technique.

What is scanning??
  • This is a selective reading skills to locate facts and asnwers to specific questions.
  • To save time you do not read every word on the page.
  • You can scan a timetable,pages of a dictionary,charts,tables etc

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