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Reading is an integral part of academic affairs and it is equally important outside academic contexts. Apart from the essential linguistic requirements of the reading process (e.g. vocabulary and grammar), there are some so-called reading stratReading is an integral part of academic affairs and it is equally important outside academic contexts. Apart from the essential linguistic requirements of the reading process (e.g. vocabulary and grammar), there are some so-called reading strategies that are attested to improve reading. Many articles and, indeed, whole books have been devoted to investigating reading. However, little research has been done to explore the nature of the reading strategies. This text attempts to provide a brief synthesis of the literature on the reading strategies.

In his introduction to Alderson (2000) on assessing reading, Lyle Bachman notes: "Reading through which we can access worlds of ideas and feelings, as well as the knowledge of ages and visions of the future, is at once the most extensively researched and the most enigmatic of the so-called language skills." The enigmatic nature of this "psycholinguistic guessing game" (Goodman, 1979) is even more evident when we are faced with reading in a foreign or second language. But, what is involved in reading that makes it so complicated and indeed difficult?

King (see references) believes that four factors are involved in reading comprehension: the reader, the text, the strategies, and the goal. He, then, goes on to emphasize that what actually makes the difference is the reading strategies. For king, the single most important factor in reading is the strategies learners utilize. But, what are reading strategies? We will have a brief look at the literature to answer this question.
egies that are attested to improve reading. Many articles and, indeed, whole books have been devoted to investigating reading. However, little research has been done to explore the nature of the reading strategies. This text attempts to provide a brief synthesis of the literature on the reading strategies.

In his introduction to Alderson (2000) on assessing reading, Lyle Bachman notes: "Reading through which we can access worlds of ideas and feelings, as well as the knowledge of ages and visions of the future, is at once the most extensively researched and the most enigmatic of the so-called language skills." The enigmatic nature of this "psycholinguistic guessing game" (Goodman, 1979) is even more evident when we are faced with reading in a foreign or second language. But, what is involved in reading that makes it so complicated and indeed difficult?

King (see references) believes that four factors are involved in reading comprehension: the reader, the text, the strategies, and the goal. He, then, goes on to emphasize that what actually makes the difference is the reading strategies. For king, the single most important factor in reading is the strategies learners utilize. But, what are reading strategies? We will have a brief look at the literature to answer this question.