It is generally known to everone that reading is a skill that comes from experience and needs to be constantly improved through different types of reading material. But that efficient reading involves many skill that need to be fostered in a classroom is a new idea. In order to elucidate this point, some task-based reading activities have been suggested for teachers of English to point out ways to inculcate independent reading habits in the students.

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