What we have learned from Focused in Intensive Reading (IR)

What we have learned from Focused in Intensive Reading (IR), p.221

Genre features and strategies are also used in IR. We have a rough idea that IR is rather passive reading but it is not. IR can be still interactive as our students can practice how to adjust reading strategies such as inferring from context by reading intensively.
Also, intensive reading can concentrate on genre features. It means that IR focuses on the own characteristics of the text. For instance, you can easily distinguish the difference between explanative text and narrative text by reading it. To distinguish that, you may focus on tenses or cohesive devices. Intensive reading can highlight these language devices while you are reading.