Reading comprehension, Reading (process), Reading strategies

1. บทที่ 2
การเดาความหมายและการ
พัฒนาคำาศัพท์
Subject: Fundamental strategies of English
Instructor: Miss Wanida Thankaew
Code: 134
Major: Teaching English to the Speaker
of other Language TESOL 5

2. วิ ธ ี เ ดาความหมาย
วิ ธ ี ก ำ า หนดความหมายของคำ า
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โดยใช้ ข ้ อ ความเชิ ง แนะ
1. Context
2. Definition
3. Experience
4. Comparison and Contrast
5. Explanation
6. Synonym
7. Summary
8. Illustration

3. CONTEXT
 He only had a cup of coffee before he left
for his office this morning. (Drink)
 The department head is having a visitor
right now. (Receiving)
 My brother has a bicycle. (Owns)

4. PRACTICE
As you look down from the tower, you have the
panorama of sea, bay, city and countryside.
What is panorama means?
 Elvis Presley was afraid of being assassinated,
and he wore a bullet-proof vest, but he couldn’t
stay away from the crowds who loved him.
What is assassinated means?

5. ANSWER
 As you look down from the tower, you have the
of sea, bay, city and
panorama
countryside. (View)
 Elvis Presley was afraid of being assassinated,
andhe wore a bullet-proof
vest, but he couldn’t stay
away from the crowds who
loved him. (Killed)

6. DEFINITION
 The clues are BE, MEAN, DEFINE, BE
CALLED
Example
 A number of language of South Africa have
clicks, a variety of popping sounds made by
forming vacuums between the tongue and the
hard or soft plate.
 Adonis is an extremely handsome young man.

7. PRACTICE
 To defuse a bomb means to prevent a bomb
from exploding.
 A mile or inoffensive term substituted for a
word considered to harsh or unpleasant is called
a euphemism.
 Irony may be defined as a contrast, a difference
between what actually is an what ought to be; it
is one form of contrast and can be found in all
aspects of modern fiction .

8. EXPERIENCE

The sweat rolled down his face. His entire
body was wet as if he had fallen into a spring…
the heat was terrible.

9. COMPARISON AND
CONTRAST
 The clue words are BUT, HOWEVER,
NEVERTHELESS, WHILE, ALTHOUGH,
EVEN THOUGH.
Example:
 Although he was accustomed to life in the desert,
he could not endure the heat of his valley very
long…Two more hour of such heat would finish
him

10. COMPARISON AND
CONTRAST
Example:
 The patient is usually morose, but she seem
happy to day.
 Even though our camp was remote, I afraid
other people might find us.

11. EXPLANATION
 Signal clues are OR, IN, OTHER WORD, THAT
IS. Punctuation mark like COMMARS, DASHES,
and BRACKETS
EXAMPLE:
 he has a bellicose nature, always trying to
fight.
 He enjoys playing Parcheesi- a game from
India.

12. EXPLANATION
 The first chapter of this book concern cytology
(the science of cell structure).
 Dictionaries frequently give information about
or the origins and development etymology, of a
word.
 He claims to get 30 percent value on jewelry that
he “break down” right away-that is, he removes
the jewels from their settings.

13. SYNONYM
 When it come to manufactured goods, there is
actually more diversity in this country than
Europe has ever known. The variety of good
carried by our stores is the first thing that
impress any visitor from a broad.

14. SUMMARY
 The Spanish word ni means “nor”,
but the closet equivalent
combination of sounds in English is
knee. In congo Swahilii ni is a prefix
to affirmative verbs and means “I”
while in Nivajo it is a suffix to verb
indicate complete action … It is
entirely arbitrary which sound are
employed to express particular ideas.

15. ILLUSTRATION
 Example clue are FOR EXAMPLE, FOR
INSTANCE, SUCH AS, LIKE.
EXAMPLE;
 Television is addictive. For example when a
set breaks, most family rush to have it repaired,
often renting one if the repair process take long
than a day or two.

16. ANALYZING WORD
PARTS
 Compound words; newspaper, cover girl, man-of-
war.
 Prefixes and suffixes

17. PUNCTUATION
 Colon (:)
 Dashes (-)
 Parentheses {( )}
 Quotation marks (“……” )
 Ellipsis (…)
 Commas (,)

18. USING DICTIONARY
 What does dictionary tell you.
1. Guide words
2. Spelling
3. Pronunciation
4. Syllable division
5. Part of speech

19. USING DICTIONARY
 6.What does dictionary tell you.
 7. Definition
 8. Derivation
 9. Stylistic value
10. Origin of the word
11. Synonyms and antonyms
112. Idiomatic expressions.

20. Thank you for you
attention!