developmental reading

1. Factors Affecting Reading

2. Factors Affecting Reading : The
Readers
 Physical & Physiological Development
• Physical Health
Malnutrition
ILLness
Hunger

3. • Visual defects
Refractive Errors
Myopia or Nearsightedness
Hyperopia or farsightedness
Astigmatism
Binocular difficulties
Strabismus
Aniseikonia
is an ocular condition
where there is a significant
difference in the perceived size of
images.
abnormal alignment of
the eyes; the condition of having
a squint.

4. •Hearing defects
•Hearing defects
Conductive Loss
occurs when sound is not conducted efficiently through
the outer
ear canal to the eardrum and the tiny bones (ossicles)
of the middle ear.
Conductive hearing loss usually involves a reduction in
sound level or
the ability to hear faint sounds.
Nerve Loss
caused by an impairment of auditory nerve. The child
hears the speech of others but may not understand
what he hears

5. Neurological Deviations
Brain Injury at birth
Injury to the brain tissue during
childhood
Brain defects (Inherited)
Dyslexia
- a general term for disorders that
involve difficulty in learning to
read or interpret words, letters,
and other symbols, but that do not
affect general intelligence.

6. Psychosocial Development
 • Emotional problems
 • Personality development
 • Motivation
 • Reading Interests

7. Factors Affecting Reading :
 Text
• Text Organization and Structure
• Readability
 Content

8. Physical and Clinical Factors
• Cognitive Deficiencies
• Early Language Impairment
• Attention deficit/ hyperactivity
• Vision Problems

9. Family-based Risk Factors
• Family history of reading difficulties
• Home literacy environment
• Opportunities for verbal interaction
• Home language other than English
• Use of a nonstandard dialect of English
in the home
• Socioeconomic status

10. Acquired Knowledge of
Literacy
• Reading Readiness
• Letter Identification
• Phonemic awareness

11. Factors that Affect Reading
Comprehension
Reader Factors:
 Background
Knowledge
 Prior Knowledge
 Hierarchical
Knowledge
 Vocabulary
 Fluency
 Comprehension
Strategies
 Comprehension Skills
 Motivation
Text Factors:
 Text
• Text Organization
and Structure
• Readability
 Content
Tompkins, 2010
Samuels & Farstrup, 2011)

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