Difference Between Intensive and Extensive Reading

Intensive and extensive are the major types of reading. As their names
suggest the basic difference between both these types of reading is the intension of
the reader. Followings are the points about the difference between intensive and
extensive reading.

Extensive Reading Intensive Reading

1 Extensive reading is considered as
being reading rapidly. The readers
read books after books. Its attention is
paid to the meaning of the text itself
not the language.
2 The purpose of extensive reading is for
pleasure and information
3 Readers are more concerned with the
meaning of the text than the meaning
of individual words or sentences.
4 Reading of novels, magazines,
newspapers etc. are the examples of
extensive reading
5 Generally silent reading becomes the
example of extensive reading.
6 Extensive reading is of large quantities
of material or long texts, because
reading is individualized, students
choose the books by themselves what
they want to read.
7 Extensive reading means to read a lot
of matter.
8 Extensive reading means reading
different books of similar ideas.
Intensive reading means that the
readers take a text, study it line by line,
and refer at very moment to the
dictionary about the grammar of the
text itself.
The purpose of intensive reading is
getting literal meaning of the text.
Readers are also concerned with the
meaning of individual words or
sentences.
Reading of textbooks is the example of
intensive reading
Generally oral reading becomes the
example of intensive reading.
Intensive reading is usually a
classroom - oriented activity in which
students focus on the linguistic or
semantic details of a passage. Intensive
reading calls students' attention to
grammatical forms, discourse markers,
and other surface structure details for
the purpose of understanding literal
meaning
Intensive reading means that to read
some matter very thoroughly and
deeply.
Intensive reading means reading single
book over and over to get its literal
meaning.