M a education paper-v methods of teaching english

4.5. Teaching of Non-detailed Text: 
Non –detailed texts are meant only for reading for pleasure and not necessarily for 
minute details. It is a fluency activity in which the students can read on their own. It is also 
called ‘rapid Reading ‘ or ‘ extensive Reading ‘ or ‘ Independent silent Reading’. 
4.5.2. Specific Objectives: 
To enable the students
- To grasp the meaning as quickly as possible. 
- To increase passive vocabulary. 
- To develop a taste for reading. 
- To inculcate a habit of reading for pleasure and profit. 
- To concentrate upon subject matter. 
Class time is short and the amount of reading normally is very great in our school 
curriculum. But wherever library facilities are available, students should be encouraged to read 

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on their own, and where no such facility is available, the teacher should refer to a list of books 
that students could be asked to read at home. 
4.5.3. Non-detailed Text
a. No detail study of the text should be provided as in case of intensive reading. 
b. To read silently and quickly. 
c. To understand the subject matter as quickly and efficiently as possible.
d. To read pass words into passive vocabulary. 
Non- detailed study/ Extensive reading can play a vital role in the learning a second/ foreign 
language. In this regard the following characteristics are very important.
i. 
Students read as much as possible both inside the classroom and outside. 
ii. 
Students have a choice and freedom to select whatever they want to read. They can 
stop reading the texts which do not interest them. 
iii. 
Reading has its own reward. There are no follow up activities or tarks. 
iv. 
The reading texts are within the linguistic competence of the reader. 
v. 
Students read at their own pace. They choose when to read and where to read. This 
helps them develop fluency as they learn to read faster and without disturbance.