3. Without good reading comprehension, a person may be
able to pronounce the words in a text but not be able to grasp
which parts are important or to determine the main idea of a
passage. He may have trouble following the sequence of
events in a story to understand why something happened the
way it did. He may be unable to visualize a description,
whether of a crime scene in a mystery, an action scene or of
an explanation of an economic principle.
Reading comprehension is an active process. The reader
decodes the text and derives meaning from it. The process
occurs before, during and after the act of reading. Prior to
reading, the reader develops questions and expectations
about the reading, things to look for as he read.
5. Unfortunately, not every student enjobeys
reading. This may be for a variety of reasons:
the reading is difficult, the material isnt
intersting , it takes too much time or other
specific reasons unique to each students. We
should choose reading materials that interest
you : magazines ,internet sites ,comic books,
newspapers etc.. And those materials that
spark your enjoymenmt.
6. 1) Establish a purpose.
2) Preview or survey the text.
3) Use prior knowledge.
4) Make predictions.
5) Identify new vocabulary.
7. 1) Confirm revise or reject predictions.
2) Create mental images.
3) Ask questions.
4) Clarify understanding.
5) Connect text to self ,world and other text.
6) Draw inference.
8. 1) Summarize and synthesize.
2) Respond to text.
3) Answer questions.
4) Connect text to self, world and other text.
9. Skimming is one of the tools you can use to read more in less time.
Skimming refers to looking only for the general or main ideas, and works
best with non-fiction material. With skimming, your overall understanding
is reduced because you don’t read everything. You read only what is
important to your purpose . To skim effectively, there has to be a structure
but you don’t read everything. What you read is more important than what
you leave out.
By reading the first few paragraphs in detail, you will get a good idea of what
information will be discussed. Once you know where the reading is headed,
you can begin to read only the first sentence of each paragraph. It give you
the main idea of the paragraph.
