Developmental reading 2

1. BRAIN TEASER

2. _EA_IN_

4. C_M_RE_ENS_ON

6. TE_H_I_UE

9. Let’s prepare to learn
At this point, you may be groping for an
effective method which can be applied for
improved reading comprehension. Is it
enough to simply read and read, especially
print materials assigned or recommended
by your teachers?

10. Let’s learn from the experts
For a long time. Reading specialists grappled with
the problem of finding ways in which the mind can
effectively work in Perceiving reading symbols.”
In general, they perceived that poor reader loafs
along the reading material, compared with the
excellent reader whose eyes race over the lines
gathering meaningful ideas at each glance on a
printed page.

12. “Let the eye movements take care of
themselves,’’ the experts added to say.
What must be done, they suggested, is the
adaptation of the habit of picking up one
complete thought after another. Let us
therefore illustrate this learning idea from
a text borrowed from the book”College
thinking,” by. Jack Meiland.

13. Firstly, this is the instance of a poor reader who
takes in meaning word for word.
“Active/reading/not/only/produces/
understanding/but/allows/you/to/ap
preciate/the/text/as
/a/work/of/art./”

14. Let’s look at the second instance representing the
average reader using the succeeding portion of the
text.
Just as you admire/ the composition
of a painting/, a sculpture/, a
building/, or a dance/, so you can/
and should admire/ the composition/
of a painting/, a sculpture/, a
building/, or a dance/.”

15. And third instance is the good reader who has taken in
larger units at a time, taking in an increased and longer
unit of meaning. From the rest of the text:
And so you can and should admire/ the
composition of a text/ the harmony and
shapeliness of the whole,/ the way in
which the parts fits together, refer to one
another, and support each other,/ the
avoidance of excess, the balance of
elements.”/

16. Comprehension Check:
1. What are the different types of reader?
2. Can you explain the differences of
each type of reader?
3. What is the essence of this topic to
you as future teacher?

17. Thank you for
Listening