M a education paper-v methods of teaching english

Characteristics of Fluent reading: 
1. Language Level: The text is easy enough to be comprehensible to learners. Learners 
must be aware of 95 to 98%of the words from the text chosen for reading practice. 
2. Content: The topic is accessible to learners. They know enough about it to be able to 
apply their own background knowledge. Pre-reading strategies or introductory texts can 
help prepare learners for the reading activity if they are unfamiliar with the content. 
3. Speed: Learners read fairly fast meaningful unit after meaningful unit, rather than word 
by word. Learners must be trained to read whole “chunks” of meaningful text, word 
combinations rather than single words. Learners must not vocalize (pronounce the words 
in their mind) as they read. 
4. Selective attention: Learners concentrate on the significant parts and skim the rest. They 
may even skim parts they know to be less significant. Learners focus on information that 
is vital for understanding. 
5. Unknown vocabulary: Learners guess or infer the meaning of unknown vocabulary 
from the surrounding text or ignore it. They use a dictionary only when these strategies 
are insufficient or when absolutely necessary. 
6. Prediction: Learners think ahead, hypothesize and predict. 
7. Motivation: Learners are motivated to read by interesting content or a challenging task. 
8. Purpose: Learners are aware of a clear purpose in reading, beyond just understanding: 
for example, to find out something or to enjoy reading. 
9. Different strategies: Learners use different strategies for different kinds of reading. For 
example:
KWL (Know-Want to know-Learnt),

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SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review ). 
 
B. Silent Reading and Loud Reading