Categorias: Todos - background - reasoning - organization - concentration

por Robert Njugi 12 anos atrás

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Effective reading comprehension relies on several strategic approaches to facilitate a deep understanding of texts. These strategies include skimming to get an overview, scanning for specific information, and surveying the text structure.

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Reading Skills

Reading Skills for Reading Comprehension

These are the strategies needed to facilititate erucidite understanding of written/ printed matter such comprehension passages, texts.

Strategies for Developing Reading Skills through Reading Comprehension.

Read a fairly long portion of the comprehension for understanding of maim idea. Employ the different methods of reading such as skimming, scanning, and survey.

Importantly, irrespective of one’s calibre as a reader renewed motivation, balanced mental frameworks for holding ideas, steadfast concentration and appropriate study techniques pass across as the common denominator for good, enjoyable reading.

Develop a broad background

Broaden background knowledge by reading newspapers, magazines, books. It’s also important for one be well informed of the events that are taking place in the world.

Know the structure of the paragraph.

Good writers usually construct paragraphs that have a beginning, middle and end. Often the first sentence will give an overview that helps provide a framework for adding details. Also, look out for transitional words, phrases or paragraphs that change the topic.

Identify the author's Type of Reasoning

One should be careful to note the following: does the author use cause and effect reasoning, hypothesis, model building, induction or deduction, systems thinking. These are just few of the many critical thinking skills that a writer can adopt to shape the meaning of his or her text.

Anticipate and predict.

Entails making guesses as to what is likely to occur next. If right, it reinforces understanding. If one fails its much to easier to make the necessary adjustments quickly.

Aim to Understand the Organization of the Text.

Focus is to know whether the material is organized chronologically, serially, logically, functionally, spatially or hierarchical. Enables one gain better flow as one reads.

Arouse Motivation and Interest

It’s easier and moyivating to read and understand something that one has a keen interest in. One should acively participate by: previewing, surveying, posing questions, identifying new ideas and vocabulary.

Look Supporting Out for Cues.

Focus on the first and last paragraph in a chapter or the first sentence in each section. Also, study pictures, graphs, and readings if any are available.

Evaluation

It connotes separating facts from opinion and critical evaluation of arguments. It assists one in understanding a comprehension passage, text.

Use a Systematic Reading Technique.

Adopting a reading technique such as the SQ3R method (survey, question, read, recite, review) depending on one’s priorities is essential in building good reading skills.

Build a Good vocabulary

It’s fundamental to note new words, concepts, ideas and seek to understand them. For instance look the up the words in the dictionary, try to derive their meaning from the contexts used. One could concentrate on roots, prefix and endings. With time due to constant practise one can efficiently tackle comprehension at the same time improves his or her skills in reading.

Highlight Summarize Review

A serious reader who intends to develop their reading skills should make good summary of what he or she is reading. To highlight key markers of the text, comprehension passage and do a review.

Organisation of text

SPATIALLY

Reading Skills for Reading Comprehension

These are the strategies needed to facilititate erucidite understanding of written/ printed matter such comprehension passages, texts.

Strategies for Developing Reading Skills through Reading Comprehension.

Read a fairly long portion of the comprehension for understanding of maim idea. Employ the different methods of reading such as skimming, scanning, and survey.

Importantly, irrespective of one’s calibre as a reader renewed motivation, balanced mental frameworks for holding ideas, steadfast concentration and appropriate study techniques pass across as the common denominator for good, enjoyable reading.

Develop a broad background

Broaden background knowledge by reading newspapers, magazines, books. It’s also important for one be well informed of the events that are taking place in the world.

Know the structure of the paragraph.

Good writers usually construct paragraphs that have a beginning, middle and end. Often the first sentence will give an overview that helps provide a framework for adding details. Also, look out for transitional words, phrases or paragraphs that change the topic.

Identify the Author's Type of Reasoning

One should be careful to note the following: does the author use cause and effect reasoning, hypothesis, model building, induction or deduction, systems thinking. These are just few of the many critical thinking skills that a writer can adopt to shape the meaning of his or her text.

Anticipate and predict.

Entails making guesses as to what is likely to occur next. If right, it reinforces understanding. If one fails its much to easier to make the necessary adjustments quickly.

Aim to Understand the Organization of the Text.

Focus is to know whether the material is organized chronologically, serially, logically, functionally, spatially or hierarchical. Enables one gain better flow as one reads.

Arouse Motivation and Interest

It’s easier and moyivating to read and understand something that one has a keen interest in. One should acively participate by: previewing, surveying, posing questions, identifying new ideas and vocabulary.

Look Supporting Out for Cues.

Focus on the first and last paragraph in a chapter or the first sentence in each section. Also, study pictures, graphs, and readings if any are available.

Evaluation

It connotes separating facts from opinion and critical evaluation of arguments. It assists one in understanding a comprehension passage, text.

Use a Systematic Reading Technique.

Adopting a reading technique such as the SQ3R method (survey, question, read, recite, review) depending on one’s priorities is essential in building good reading skills.

Build a Good vocabulary

It’s fundamental to note new words, concepts, ideas and seek to understand them. For instance look the up the words in the dictionary, try to derive their meaning from the contexts used. One could concentrate on roots, prefix and endings. With time due to constant practise one can efficiently tackle comprehension at the same time improves his or her skills in reading.

Highlight Summarize Review

A serious reader who intends to develop their reading skills should make good summary of what he or she is reading. To highlight key markers of the text, comprehension passage and do a review.

HIERACHICALLY
LOGICALLY
SERIALLY
CHRONOLOGICALLY

motivation & Interest

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
POSE QUESTIONS
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
SURVEYING
READING IS EASIER

Scanning

Skimming

READING FOR MAIN IDEA

Knowledge

READ WIDELY
BE VERSED WITH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
NEWSPAPAERS

Vocabulary

CONTEXTUALIZE
CONSULT DICTIONARY
NOTE

Paragraph Structure

Good writers usually construct paragraphs that have a beginning, middle and end. Often the first sentence will give an overview that helps provide a framework for adding details. Also, look out for transitional words, phrases or paragraphs that change the topic.

LAST SENTENCE
TRANSITIONAL WORDS
MIDDLE SENTENCE
DETAILS
FIRST SENTENCE
PROVIDES FRAMEWORK

Reading Technique

SQ3R
REVIEW
RECITE
READ
QUESTION
SURVEY

Highlight & Summarize

HIGHLIGHTS
PREVIEW
KEY MARKERS
GOOD SUMMARY

Evaluation

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ARGUMENTS
SEPARATING
OPINIONS
FACTS

Author's Reasoning

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
DEDUCTION
INDUCTION
HYPOTHESIS
CAUSE EFFECT REASONING

Cues

pictures
graphs
paragraghs
last paragraph
first paragraph

Anticipate & Predict

GUESS
WRONG

ENABLES ADJUSTMENT

RIGHT

REINFORCE UNDERSTANDING