Many
children loves reading and there are millions who like or love reading. Indeed,
it is the one of the most essential skill that we all should poses. But
nowadays, people don't want to struggle they all want easy and short cut way to
their problems. Therefore, how to learn and teach quick reading skills to the
children is the main concern. Language teaching is different from the learning
of a language in a real setting in the sense that it also includes the
acquisition of more other skills than listening and speaking. Reading, according to
Merriam-Webster (2023), is the process of deciphering the meaning or sense of
letters, symbols, etc., especially through touch or sight. According to experts
and educators, reading is a complex activity that requires a variety of skills,
including phonemic awareness, alphabetic recognition, phonics, comprehension,
fluency, and motivation. (Subgroups, 2000). Reading is one of the most
important of the four English language proficiency abilities. The ability to
comprehend written content is known as reading competency.
This indicates that the written material can be understood by
someone with this skill. Additionally, he or she has strong reading
comprehension abilities. One essential ability that promotes long-term success
is reading. Actually, the development of additional skills and related language
abilities is facilitated by the ability to read and the knowledge necessary to
comprehend written material accurately. Many stakeholders believe that reading
is a skill that is undervalued. Many of us are unaware, in fact, that reading
comprehension and this general skill transfer naturally to other related skills
like "Writing." Growing these skills will benefit you in many ways in
this highly skill-oriented world. This reading's definition as a
skill has already been covered. To break it down
even more, reading enables us to interpret written symbols, or texts, as
meaning. Furthermore, skills are a particular kind of work that requires
specialized training. A child who masters these abilities can use a variety of
reading strategies and tactics, including identifying keywords and information,
summarizing, looking for context cues, and more. Reading skills that are most
frequently needed are: To interpret a word Sound awareness Understanding Flow. Similarly,
Joshi and Poudel (2076) have mentioned reading is the process of interpreting
written symbols to extract meaning and comprehend the intended message. It is a
language skill. To read words, we must
decode each individual letter. Reading is actually the skill of quickly and
accurately decoding the letters and making sense of the text that is presented.
For the learners to comprehend the meaning of a text, they must accurately read
every word. They will comprehend a text if they can understand every word in
it. To fully understand what they are reading, a reader must actively
participate. It is important to read with the intention of producing something.
Therefore, it's a means of deriving significance of what you read.
Exploring
the reading technique and teaching them is really tough tasks. Therefore,
helping them to understand the text and the content is the real concern of the
study. Reading is receptive skills that mean we receive something after reading
something. We gain something after reading something. Strategies mean doing
something in different way so that they can easily understand the theme of
something easily. Furthermore, it is a plan of action or policy designed to
achieve a major or overall aim. So what could be done in order to develop
better reading skill among the children? What kind of tactics we can apply in
the classroom to teach reading skills? Thus, reading is not a passive activity
it requires continues effort and determination. Therefore, my study will
discover the strategy to enhance the reading skills in the children. Similarly,
Joshi and Poudel (2076) mention that reading
strategies are methods for resolving issues that arise when reading to
construct meaning. There is always a
strategy involved in teaching reading. The reason for this is that after
reading, students must write, explain, paraphrase, summarize, and interpret. A
teacher can encourage students to read in the classroom in a variety of ways.
Reading strategies are imparted through feedback, teacher modeling, and
straightforward explanation. In class, the students read aloud and reflect, and
the use of their strategies is encouraged.
Reading comprehension studies,
according to Alfassi (2004), have demonstrated that reading is a sophisticated
cognitive process requiring the integration of memory and meaning building. It
is also necessary for both appropriate functioning and acquiring knowledge in
the modern world. It takes a variety of skills to become experts in anything.
We don't search for things to fail at; after all, we all want to be successful
people. However, in order to be achieved, each of these successes or
achievements calls for a special set of methods or strategies. Consequently,
this problem has motivated me to research this topic. Similarly, my study will be limited to only grade seven
students. Reading requires immense attention. Reading skills is very necessary
in every professional field. Reading helps to find the main theme of the
content and similarly it helps to get hidden information from the content. But
it requires strategy, the tactics that help to enhance reading skills.