Obstacles to Reading by Donna Imperial

Lesson 9: Obstacles to Reading Reported by: Donna Frances Angel G. Imperial

Learning OutcomesO Awareness on factors that may affect the student’s reading abilities sense of understanding on the part of teachers for the students’ growth in reading.

O Facts discovered by specialists

Reading experts have made meaningfulstudies which point to various facts aboutreading: O Children play dominance in the two spheres of their brain (left-handed or left-eye dominant) O But this won’t affect the ability to read. O Thus, children must be allowed to display their left-handed or left-eye dominant tendencies

O Handicapped children may display spatial or directional disorientation.O Thus, they have difficulties in differentiating letters, especially in case of letters which are alike such as f and t,p and b,g and d.

O Intellectual or emotional maturation O Cause for reading retardation

O Correlation between intelligence and reading achievement O Those with high IQ will acquire higher reading skills faster than those with lower IQ

O Basic success in reading: O Visual acuity with eyes integrating images well O Auditory acuity with clear hearing of the sounds of words

O Reading O Intertwined with languageO Thus, non-speakers of a language will have more difficulties reading a second language

O Reading and listening O Closely relatedO Proficiency in listening O Conducive to proficiency in reading

Facts that relate to obstacles in reading achievementThose having difficulties in achieving reading skills maybe affected by any of the following conditions/factors:

Physical

O Physical O Malfunction of the visual and auditory faculties. O Eye defects: short/far-sightedness, speech impediments, etc. O Physical discomfort: headache, stomachache, hunger, thirst, etc.

Psychological

O Psychological O Child’s lack of self-confidence, feelings of rejection and other negative personality traits (shyness, being withdrawn, poor rapport with others, conflict with parents and peers, etc.) O Teacher personality factor O Lack of competence, emotional immaturity, lack of social sense, etc. O General emotional atmosphere at home and school O Attitude among parents in guiding their children’s progress in school

Environmental

O Environmental O Conditions at home and school O Condition of poor room lighting, ventilation, seating arrangement, etc.

Selective Reading Lesson 10

Learning OutcomesO Motivation to read, also to read what’s best learn to respond to class-assigned reading, as a challenge not an imposition

O Socio- economic O Low economic status (poverty) of children of poor families O Sensationalism and retrogressive literacy as fostered by commercialism in mass media O Policies and programs of government and of the school on the development reading program.

Let’s reflect on thoughts about selective reading O Reading O Helps thinking O A man who doesn’t care to read O Undergoes intellectual fasting

O “Reading maketh a full man” O Francis Bacon

Questions:O How do modern people like us treat our books (a treasure in our hands)?O How much easier is it today to carry around and read books? Or would we rather carry our cellphone?

O Reading aloud O Rule among the ancients O A long custom even in private reading

Saint AmbroseO He tried in old age to stop reading “because his throat was affected”

QuestionsO Students in lower grades read aloud and even use their fingers to guide their eyes while reading. Comment into this.

O Is oral reading an effective way to read?

Ancient daysO Books were few and costlyO Libraries of kings and of rich monasteries O Counted only a few thousand volumesO Philosopher Spinoza O Had less than 60 booksO Kant O Had 300 but most were about travel

QuestionsO Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio had their private collection of books. Why were they inclined to keep books?

O Not having many books, how come there were geniuses among the Ancients?

Today O Printing has gone mad O The world is in danger of being submerged by an ocean of books.

In 60’s O 11, 000 books were published annually in France compared with about seventy books during the days of King Louis XIV

QuestionsO How would you assess this formidable inroad of printed things?

O Will reading – daily newspapers and weekly magazines in addition to light novels-despoil our personality? Is there too much commercialism in publications? Explain .

O Never read; always study as an artist studies a beautiful place. Read as you please, and fly or skip passages as you please. Be like an anxious cyclist who has a map in his hands anxious to find the way to his destination. As we read with intense curiosity, let us not plod with attention to mere words. Attention to words never produces thoughts.

QuestionO How can we apply selective reading in life with our current reading materials?

Obstacles to Reading by Donna Imperial

by Donna Frances Angel Imperial on Oct 31, 2012

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