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What is Reading?

Reading is a complex activity that involves both perception and thought. Reading consists of two related processes: word recognition and comprehension.

What is reading comprehension?

Reading comprehension is one of the pillars of the act of reading. When a person reads a text he engages in a complex array of cognitive processes.

The abilities needed in reading

1.Language and graphic symbols

2.Ideas3.Tone and Style

Strategies for Reading Comprehension

• Identify your purpose in reading a text.• Apply spelling rules and conventions for

bottom-up decoding.• Use lexical analysis (prefixes, roots,

suffixes, etc.) to determine meaning.• Guess at meaning (of words, idioms, etc.)

when you aren’t certain.• Skim the text for the gist and for main

ideas.

• Scan the text for specific information (names, dates, key words).

• Use silent reading techniques for rapid processing.

• Use marginal notes, outlines, charts, or semantic maps for understanding and retaining information.

• Distinguish between literal and implied meanings.

• Capitalize on discourse markers to process relationships

Selection of Test Passages

• Length• Style and Treatment of subject• Language

Testing Reading

1.Designing Task: Perceptive ReadingPerceptive reading tasks involve attending to the components of larger stretches of discourse: letter, words, punctuation and other grapheme symbol.

a. Reading Aloudb.Written Responsec. Multiple Choiced. Picture Cued Item

Designing Task: Selective Reading

1.Multiple choice2. Matching Task3. Editing Task4. Gap Filling Task

Designing Task: Interactive Reading

• Cloze Task• Impromptu Reading plus

Comprehension Question• Editing (Longer Text) • Ordering Task• Scanning Task

Designing Task: Extensive Reading

• Skimming Task• Summarizing and Responding

Task

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