3. Why should you learn these
To engage in a complex array of cognitive processes
To actively comprehend or construct meaning from the
text
To comprehend the vocabulary used in the piece of
writing
4. Prior Knowledge
“Background knowledge is the information that
is essential to understanding a situation or
problem.” (The Free Dictionary)
Prior knowledge comprises all the knowledge you
have gathered from the experiences in your life.
5. "The whole situation, the background or the
environment relevant to a particular event,
personality, creation, etc." (Webster Dictionary)
A context is the environment in which something is
or occurs.
Everything occurs within a context.
Each context is unique.
Context
6. Comprehension skill is the ability to use prior
knowledge and context (new knowledge) to aid reading
and to make sense of what one reads and hears.
Comprehension comprises of two skills, they are:
1. Vocabulary
2. Reasoning/ drawing inferences
Comprehension Skill
Comprehension Formula:
Prior Knowledge + Context = Comprehension
8. Vocabulary
Vocabulary can be learned incidentally when we are
reading and when we read independently.
Repeated exposure to vocabulary is important for learning
gains.
9. Drawing Inferences
An inference is a supposition, a conclusion that is made
based on observations and reasoning.
Making inferences means choosing the most likely
explanation from the facts at hand / a good guess.
You need to fill in the missing pieces to get the complete
picture or story of a text.
10. Drawing Inferences
Often times we will leave bits of
information out of a text to allow readers
to form their own opinions and come to
their own conclusions. J.K.
Rowling
11. Examples of Inferences
“John is sick.”
1. John is down with a flu.
2. John is hospitalized due to a high fever.
3. John is dying of cancer.
4. John is mentally ill.
12. Reading Comprehension
The normal speed of reading is 200 to 220 words per
minute.
If you can understand the meaning of at least 75% of
the total text given then it is regarded as acceptable
limits for reading comprehension.
13. Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension is the act of understanding what
you are reading.
It occurs before, during and after a person reads a
particular piece of writing.
Reading comprehension strategies must be practiced and
reinforced continually throughout your life.
As the reading materials become more diverse and
challenging, we need to learn new tools for
comprehending these texts.
