Advantages Vision Span Strategy to TOEFL Reading Comprehension

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1. Do not be too long to read the text reading.

2. Pay attention to all the questions in a reading and remember the key word.

3. Do not panic if the theme of reading is not a discipline that you control.

4. Do previewing to know the topic of reading.

5. Note the first sentence of a paragraph reading to find out the main idea.

6. Understand the context contained on reading to find out the meaning of certain words.

To succeed, you’ll need start improving your reading speed.

Time yourself when you study for the test and note how long it takes you to go through a given passage. You will likely notice that you slow down when your level of comprehension drops down, and that’s normal! When you understand less, you need to slow down and read more carefully.

Everyone reads at a different pace. Your task is to make your reading pace slightly faster for the very specific test-taking situation, so you can switch gears and go into full-speed mode if you need to.

Apart from studying TOEFL-style academic passages, be sure to read other English language material as well. Read English literature, newspapers and magazines—reading a variety of English writing styles will help improve your reading speed.

sorce:http://www.fluentu.com/toefl/blog/toefl-reading-tips/

Vision Span technique for speed reading

Vision span or perceptual span is a controversial concept in speed reading referring to the angular span (vertically and horizontally), within which the human eye has sharp enough vision to read text. The visual field of the human eye spans approximately 120 degrees of arc. However, most of that arc is peripheral vision. The human eye has much greater resolution in the macula, where there is a higher density of cone cells. The field of view that is observed with sufficient resolution to read text typically spans about 6 degrees of arc, which is wide enough to allow a clear view of about five words in a row when printed text at ordinary size is held about 50 centimeters from the eyes. The brain creates the illusion of having a greater visual span by automatically and unconsciously moving the center of vision into any area of interest in the field of view. i give two example:

a. the rain\in spain\falls\mainly\on\the plan.

b.the rain in spain falls\mainly on the plan.  

not only that we can line by creating a vertical straight line in the book or reading material. Thus, the entire text will be divided into several sections. This method is well used to train the eye to familiarize see a group of words.

sorce:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075059/

          http://only-lidya.blogspot.co.id/and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_span

skimming and scanning strategy

The Implementation speed read of Skimming and Scanning Strategies

Reading is one of receptive skills that people extract meaning from the discourse they read.Some student find that reading not an easy activity,it is because reading convers several integrated component such as vocabulary,grammar,pronounciation,decoding comprehension. skimming and scanning strategis are offered to help the student read in more focused and efficient way.

scanning is an attempt to take the main idea of a reading, in the form of ideas principal or important details. The underlying idea or important details may be at the beginning, inmiddle, or at the end. In order for you to get a good result at the time scanning.You need to take steps as follows:stop if you found sentence or title your need, creat you question with you are need,for a book explore paragraf or section not line.

Skimming is a method to speed read to get information not read other but directly to problems are     sought, in the form of specific facts orcertain information. In daily activities scanning is usually used to find:phone numbers, says the dictionary, the entry in the index, statistics, broadcast TV,and a list of trips.you need to take steps as follows: See the table of contents and preface glance,read briefly background of writing a book,find information and sentences important for  the table content,or section you read, read conclusion or sinopsis.When you readers who effectively then you will only see the units of the mindon each line in the passage, namely the phrase, clause, or key words.

sorce:.http://jlr.sagepub.com/content/5/1/47.full.pdf

kinds of reading speed

The Technique of Reading

A.Skimming 

reading quickly in order to find out what the text is about. Skimming can also take in features such as headings, subheadings and illustrations to obtain an overview of the subject matter. 

B. Scanning 

to locate specific information, making use of key words. 

C.Choral Reading (CR)

The first reading method is called Choral Reading, or frequently called “unison

reading.” Choral method provides many opportunities for repeated readings of a particular

piece, and gives practice in oral reading. Choral reading is particularly suitable to

poetry and rhymes. There are four principles for selecting materials that are planned

to read in chorus or together. The principles are:

1. Try to take short selection of stories or poems.

2. Select the material that every student can read easily.

3. Look for something with an attractive title that will make imaginations work.

4. Select a poem or story that will come alive when it’s read aloud, words with charming

sounds, contrast of some sort that can be interpreted, mood that can be improved through

verbal interpretation or dialogue that draws personality.

To prepare, each student reads the whole selection that is going to be chorally read.

One can read it aloud with the other person following along silently. Then the readers

read the piece together. A few repetitions are necessary to fix the piece in the students’

thought.

D.The Paired Reading (PR)

The paired reading was formerly used by parents with their children at home. But because

of its advantages, the use of this method then was modified to broader area. It has also

been utilized by schools to conduct classroom action research or to train tutors to read

with students on a regular basis in natural settings.

The technique allows the students to be supported while reading texts of greater complexity

levels than they would be able to read individually.

Evaluation studies show that students involved in paired reading, on the average, make

three times the normal progress in reading accuracy and five times the normal progress

in reading comprehension (www. paired_rdg_method.html).

This method has been shown to be successful with students at all levels of skill and

ability, ranging from the students in special class for slow learners, to students who are

beyond average in reading skills competence. Studies indicate an increase in reading

fluency, comprehension and accuracy. In addition, research indicates that students find

the method easy to use, and feel they becomes a competent readers as a result of paired

reading. 

E.KWL 

In recent times, an instructional known as K-W-L, developed by Ogle (1986) has

been implemented in classrooms. Students’ prior knowledge is activated by asking them

what they already know; then students set goals focusing on what they want to learn;

and after reading, students discuss what they have studied. Students apply higher-order

thinking strategies which assist them to build meaning from what they read and help them

examine their progress toward their goals. A worksheet is given to every student that

includes columns for each of these activities.KWL is aimed to be an exercise for a study group or class that can direct the students

in reading and understanding a text. The students can adjust it to working alone.

The method is formed of only three stages that reflect a worksheet of three columns

with the three letters. The three stages is intended to discover the following information;

a. what the students Know

b. what the students Will/Want to know

c. and what the students Learned

F.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.

G. 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.

H. 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.

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