... Part 1 introduction1. Background to the study and statement of the problem 1.1. Critical thinking and critical reading skills in the Age of InformationIn the Age of Information, people ... non-specialized theme-based units of the book and several extra activities, the reading course is aimed to develop the following reading skills for the students including getting the gist of a topic, drawing ... attention to in the English syllabus at high school are scanning, skimming, guessing the meaning of new words and inferring. Not only for reading for speaking, writing and listening skills as well,...