COMPREHENSION

COMPREHENSION

1. Levels of Comprehension way to comprehend, interpret and apply difficult texts by working at the literal, interpretive and applied levels.

   • Level 1 (literal – reading what is right there) Here the reader finds the answer in the text.
     • Identify the main ideas of the paragraph
     • Recall details of the the main ideas.
     • Sort in hierarchical order
     • literal question starters: What happened . . . ? How many . . . ? How did . . . ? Who . . . ? What is . . . ?? Which . . . ?
   • Level 2 (interpretive – reading between the lines) interprets the information to find answers.
     • Predict endings and anticipate consequences.
     • Reasons for events.
     • Generalizaciones.
     • interpretive question starters: Why did . . . ? What was . . . ? What do you think about . . . ? Can you explain...? How was this similar to . . . ?
   • Level 3 (applied – reading beyond the lines) The reader asks open-ended questions
     • Make generalizations. and make comparisons.
     • Make judgments. and make recommendations
     • Make decisions. and create alternative endings.

2. Levels of Comprehension

   • Literal Level
     • If you can understand this nevel, you will be able to remember and identify important points in the text
       • You can identify sentence that best indicates the main idea.
       • You can identify the most relevant facts
       • Identifying details such as key words, phrases or sentences that explicitly state important information
       • Identifying opinions
   • Inferential Level
     • In this level it can explain what the text means, the meaning is drawn from the literally stated ideas.
       • You can identify implicit relationships as cause and effect, relationships, comparisons, classifications and generalizations
       • Predicting probable future outcomes or actions
       • Inferring the main idea of a selection when it is not explicitly stated
       • Identifying unstated reasons for actions based on explicitly stated information
   • Evaluative Level:
     • In this level, is when you are understand very well all the information. You are also able to explain and support your judgement clearly. At this level, you are able to justify a stance.
       • Judge whether the information given is true or credible and supports the conclusion.
       • Evaluate between conclusions that are based on facts and those that are based on opinions and prove why you believe this is so
       • Decide the stance we have, but that it is well founded
   • Appreciative Level
     • You are able to comprehend author’s point of view, purpose, tone, and etc.
       • The author’s motivation or based on evidence
       • Author’s tone based on evidence in the text

3. Types of reading comprehension

   • Lexcical
     • Preview vocabulary before reading the story or text.
     • Review new vocabulary
   • Literal
     • Look in the text to find the answers written in the story
     • Ask questions from the story.
   • Interpretive
     • Understand "facts" that aren't explicity stated in the story
     • Illustrations may help to infer meaning
   • Applied
     • Not a simple question
     • the students use their logic or reason
   • Affective
     • Understand social and emotional aspects

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