Unit I. The Reading Process

Smith and Dechant: Reading is a key to success in school,

to the development of out-of-school interests

Unit I. The Reading Process

to the enjoyment of liesure time and to personal and social

adjustment.

Unit I. The Reading Process

Villamin considers reading as the key that

unlocks the door of enlightenment and

enjoyment and basic tool for learning.

Unit I. The Reading Process

Reading teachers are faced with difficulties in teaching pupils not only

in decoding but also reading

comprehension.

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A basic understanding of what is reading all about is how to

perform the task of teaching the reading

skill

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Reading is bringing the meaning to rather than

gaining of meaning from the printed page.

Unit I. The Reading Process

Reading involves much more than recognition of the graphic symbol.

Unit I. The Reading Process

Reading is the process in which information from the text and the

knowledge possessed by to produce meaning.

Unit I. The Reading Process

Reading consists of two major components:

recognizing and analyzing words i.e.

decoding and comprehension

Unit I. The Reading Process

Describe and explain how readers construct meaning from written

texts.

Theoretical Models of Reading

Murray's Interactive Theory postulates that

reading is an interaction involving the

reader and the text being read.

Theoretical Models of Reading

1. Knowledge of language which

enables the reader to recognize sentences,

syntax, semantics, pragmatics.

According to Ehri,

2. Knowldge of the world/ background

knowledge including encyclopedia and

experiential knowledge.

According to Ehri,

3. Metacognitive knowledge which

enables readers to monitor their own comprehension.

According to Ehri,

4. Knowledge of the alphabetic-phonemic

(letter-sound) systems involve knowing how

the spelling represents the speech.

According to Ehri,

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Models of Reading

Gough's Bottom-Up Model is the text rather than what the reader

brings to the text.

Goodman's Top-Down Model – The readers bring information based on the past experiences with language and their world to the act of reading.

Models of Reading

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Models of Reading

Interactive Model postulated by Rumelhart is a combination of the bottom and up and top-down views of reading.

The Perceptual Nature of Reading

ProcessInvolves meaning and

perception ex. Chair

Perception would be as many interpretations of

that object as there were viewers.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- The reading material should be suited to the

level of students

-The teacher should motivate the children before every lesson is undertaken such as

pictures, songs, verses, stories.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- The motivation is pleasurable to the

learners

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- The students should be free from tension and

motivated by praise not threat. e.g. Rewarding

with “Stars”

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- Interest to learn should come from within the

child.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- The child is assured to do better and succeed next time and make him to accept failure

easier.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- The teacher should involve the child in

deciding what he/she prefers to do and how to do it successfully.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- A pupil who had sad experience in the past is hampered in their

learning.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- There is more learning when the child actively performed the activities

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- Meaningful materials and meaningful tasks

are learned more compare to difficult and

unfamiliar ones

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- Drill and practice are necessary for more permanent learning.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- Letting the child know his/her performance is a good motivation to

improve more.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

-When the pupil truly learns a reading skill,

he will have no difficulty applying or using that skill in other learning

context.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

- Review is a part of the lesson to make

connections and associations with the

new lesson.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

-Conducting learning activities that cater to

the different personalities of the

learners.

Learning Principle and the Reading Process

Factors That Affect Reading

* Physiological Factors

Left to Right Orientation

Terms related to Reading

1. Fixation2. Interfixation movements3. Return sweeps4. Regressions

5. Span recognition6. Duration of Fixation7. Intellectual Factors8. Psychological Factors9. Linguistic Factors10. Sociological Factors

Terms related to Reading

Reading as a Developmental Task

1.Reading Readiness2. Beginning Reading3. Period of Rapid Growth4. Period of Refinement