Learning Outcomes

Introduction to Deep Reading

Reading Phases

Reading Approaches

Text Handling

Summarizing and Special Topics

Lesson Summary

In this module, you will gain the skills you need to take your reading to new depths of understanding. You will learn how to access and express your existing topic knowledge before you start reading a text. You will go on to use the process to integrate the text material and your prior context to construct new knowledge.

Deep Reading - Assessment

Master the skills and strategies you need for a deep understanding of text in this free online deep reading course.

Deep Reading

Take your reading skills to the next level with this course on ‘deep reading’. Find out how to select and apply techniques appropriate to the purpose of reading each particular text. In addition, you will learn how to apply the metacognitive process consciously and practise a skilled approach to comprehending and constructing meaning from text. Also called ‘slow reading’, this deep approach will enrich and enhance your reading experience.

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