Enhance knowledge on the top down approach obtain different views on top-reading model Apply the model and determine its effectiveness.  

The first evidence for Reading as a settlement dates from the 8th century, where the town came to be known as Readingum. The name probably comes from the Readingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe whose name means “Reada’s People” in Old English, or (less probably) the Celtic Rhydd-Inge, “Ford over the River”.

Study skills or study strategies are approaches applied to learning. They are generally critical to success in school, considered essential for acquiring good grades, and useful for learning throughout one’s life.

What is critical reading?

INTRODUCTION “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Reading for information

Let’s get the most of the literature   Reading literary selections, be they poems, short stories, novels, or essays, not only provide pleasure. The task also develops your analytical skills as you must consider each of the parts of the test separately before you can interpret the meaning of the entire work and eventually appreciate […]

Bottom – up reading model, also known as part-to-whole model, considers the importance of the written or printed text as it brings about reading. The views of the following researchers about the bottom-up reading model helps in understanding it better.

For a long time, reading specialist grappled with the problem of finding ways in which mind can effectively work in perceiving reading symbols.

Let’s prepare ourselves With the load of reading materials from mass media, as well as the Internet, we may feel oppressed by what can be read. Added the necessary imposition by teachers by way of reading assignments, we may even feel overwhelmed, perhaps finding the situation unbearable. Is there a right attitude to this situation? […]