Reading is the surprising process allowing to find a lot of new information culturally to develop, adopt experience of the previous generations, to enjoy a fine poetic syllable, to plunge into the unique art world. But people read different books differently.
Reading performs two main functions informative and esthetic. Proceeding from these functions, it is possible to allocate the art and training reading. This gradation does not say at all that the educational text cannot bring esthetic pleasure, and the work of art does not possess useful information. Just from the methodical point of view, a number of peculiar features have two these appearance of reading. If when training the person is faced by a task to perform a number of specific actions (for example, to find certain means of expression), then in the context of art reading he receives from a manner of the letter of the author, without subjecting it to detailed analysis. Besides allocation of art and educational types of reading, in each of them there is more detailed classification. If as criterion to consider work language, then it is possible to allocate reading on native and in a foreign language. Obtaining new information will be a main objective of the first, and learning other language will be a paramount problem of the second. Reading is not uniform in the structure. The specifics of any given type of reading depend first of all on goals. If the person sets the task to find certain information in the text, then will apply a method of viewing reading. And in case of need considerable extension of already available data it is expedient to use reception of the studying reading. Selection of a type of reading according to its function has a set of pluses among which there are higher efficiency and effectiveness, saving of time. One kind of reading is in pure form applied very seldom. There is a synthesis of two and more types of reading more often. For example, if the person needs to get acquainted for a short period with the large volume of material, then it can unite a method of fluent and selective reading. Quickly checking one page for another, the reader will find the parts of the text answering to search inquiries. And in them he in the course of reading will already choose necessary.