Reading is a flexible process. Readers keep the process of reading and the purposes link each other.
Reading is continuously evaluative process. At one level, readers evaluate how well they are reading. Evaluation also occurs when they decide the way in
which they respond to a text. All reading activity is a learning process. It occurs even when readers
decide to review and check a grocery list or see what information is required to fill out form.
Finally, reading is a linguistic process. Linguistic knowledge morphological, syntactical, and semantic is completely needed when the readers
read. According to Perfetti, Landi, and Oakhill 2005 in Grabe 2009, the processing of linguistic information is the central of reading comprehension.
d. Different Skills of Reading
It has been explained by experts that when the learners read different kind of texts, they have different purposes. Reading a flyer is completely different from
reading a novel. The use of these different skills of reading that is proposed by Harmer 2001 depends on what the learners are reading for.
a Identifying the topic
Good readers rapidly get the idea of what is being discussed with the help of their background knowledge. This ability encourages them to process
the text more efficiently and effectively as it progress. b
Predicting and guessing
Sometimes readers try to predict what is coming and make hypothesis and guess the information from cues stated in the title or in the beginning of
the text. c
Reading for general understanding Readers try to understand the gist without worrying too much about the
details. d
Reading for specific information In contrast to reading for general information, the readers read a text in
order to find specific details. It refers to scanning. e
Reading for detailed information The readers read in order to understand everything in detail, for example
they read instruction or directions. f
Interpreting texts By using a variety of clues, readers are able to interpret what the writer is
implying or suggesting.
e. Types of Reading
Several types of reading may occur in a language classroom. Brown 1994 suggests types of reading as follows:
