Comprehension

What is Comprehension?  Comprehension is the act of constructing meaning with text  The reader plays an active role – filtering, organising, interpreting and generating relationships with incoming information  Comprehension is an interaction between word

identification, knowledge and comprehension skills

What are comprehension skills?  They are the strategies a reader uses to

construct meaning and retrieve information from a text  They are cognitive processes which can be broken into steps and taught explicitly

Three types of comprehension skills  Pre-reading  During reading  Post-reading

Pre-reading Skills  Pre-view/ Overview  Web and Brainstorm  KWL

During – Reading Comprehension Skills  Paragraph Re-Read  Read and Pause  Note-taking

Post – Reading Comprehension Skills  Summarise  Article re-read  Sequencing

TECHNIQUES FOR GOOD COMPREHENSION Skimming and scanning Non-verbal signals Structure of the texts Structure of paragraphs

TECHNIQUES FOR GOOD COMPREHENSION CONTD.

Punctuation Author’s view point(inference) Reader’s anticipation: determining the meaning of the words Summarizing

Strategies for answering questions of comprehension 1 2 3

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Read the given passage or paragraph over and again till you understand the theme of the passage. Read questions carefully and then underline those portions of the given passage which, in your opinion form the most suitable answers. Take the first question and grasp the answer thoroughly and write it out in your own word . Put your answers in simple, brief and grammatically correct language. Write the answers as per the given sequence and each answer should be numbered and its number should correspond to that of the question. The answer should be in the same tense in which the question has been put. Find the title of the passage from the main theme. It should not be in the form of a sentence. It should either be a word or a phrase or a proverb. Write all the important words of the title or heading in the capital letters. Finally read the questions one by one and compare them with your answers to see whether they are in conformity with the spirit and requirement of the questions.

Basic Purpose of Reading 1. 2.

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Reading for Learning: If reading is to be done for learning, it is necessary that reading be conducted as an enquiry. Reading for Literary experience: It involves reading novels, short stories, poems etc. Reading for Information: It involves reading articles in magazines and newspapers, specific chapters in text books. Reading to perform a task: It involves reading documents such as bus or train schedules, directions for games, tax or insurance forms, maps, consumer warranties, etc.

Components of Reading Skills  Reading speed  Comprehension  Efficiency  Retention

FACTORS OF EFFICIENT READING 1.

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Vision control: It has been found that in 5 minutes reading, the eye make about 1000 separated movements. The amount of energy spent in 5 minutes of reading equals to about one hour’s distant seeing. Such research findings hint at the requirement of rest that the eyes need during the reading process. Pace or Tenor of Reading: An efficient reader keeps a record of time consumed for reading a text. Hence an efficient reader grades the text and gradually practices from less difficult text to more difficult text. Vocabulary: Faster reading also depends upon a reader stock of vocabulary. Selection of the text and skimming

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