What is Reading?
"Reading" is the process of looking at a series of written symbols and getting meaning from them.

- Reading it helps to expand our knowledge and imagination, it is very useful to construct a sentence or paragraphs and also to communicate to other people by the fluency and the pronunciation of the words.

In teaching reading it is important how to pronounce the words correctly and the fluency when it comes to speak or say the words. It also important to know the vocabulary words it is useful to understand the unfamiliar words and understand it.

Reading it is good for comprehension abilities and the analytical abilities. It is full of imaginations and stimulates the memory in your mind. It helps to understand the situation and recall the information.

Recognize the letters and words, pronounce it clearly and fluently. Always practice reading books or articles to improve the understanding and the fluency when it comes to speak, learn more about vocabulary words it helps to develop the critical thinking.

Skimming, sometimes referred to as gist reading, means going through the text to grasp the main idea.

Scanning involves the technique of rejecting or ignoring irrelevant information from the text to locate a specific piece of information.

Intensive reading is far more time-consuming than skimming and scanning as it needs the reader’s attention to detail.

Extensive reading lays more emphasis on fluency and less on accuracy.

Direction: Based on “ The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin.” Answer the following questions and answer it in essay form. (Minimum of 200 words)

What is the culture of the story?