Assignment

Name: Muhammad Talha Shahzad

Roll No: 191040061
ENG-110-Composition 1-U
Assignment – 1

 Definitions of Reading

1. “Perceiving a written text in order to understand its contents. This can be done silently
(silent reading). The understanding that result is called reading comprehension.

2. "Reading" is the process of looking at a series of written symbols and getting meaning
from them.

3. Reading is defined as a cognitive process that involves decoding symbols to arrive at

meaning.

4. Reading is a multifaceted process involving word recognition, comprehension,

fluency, and motivation. Learn how readers integrate these facets to make meaning
from print.

5. Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.

 Critical Views of Writers on Reading Skill

1. JD Salinger:
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the
author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone
whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”

2. Ray Bradbury :

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."

3. Aldous Huxley :
"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly they'll go through anything. You read and
you're pierced"
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4. William Faulkner :
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just
like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.”

5. Anthony Burgess :
"The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it."

 Types of Reading
The four main types of reading techniques are the following:
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
3. Intensive
4. Extensive

Skimming :
Skimming is sometimes referred to as gist reading. Skimming may help in order to know what
the text is about at its most basic level.
Scanning:
Scanning a text is a reading technique where the reader looks for specific information rather than
trying to absorb all the information.
Intensive:
Intensive reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks.
Extensive:
Extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading
skills.