Factors affecting reading

Factors affecting reading

1. The reader

   • Reader's knowledge
     • Formal schemata
     • Content schemata
   • Purpose
     • Scanning (to look up sth. in the dictionary or index)
     • Skimming quick reading to find out what's in the news, browse through a book to see if you want to read it
     • Reading to learn. Academic and professional contexts. Accomodate new info in one's writing. Critical evaluation of information.
     • Memorising
     • General comprehension: Fluent learners --> Automatically
   • Gender and age
   • Reader's skills, strategies or abilities to process information
     • Interrelated skills
     • Cognitive, problem-solving ability
   • Motivation
     • Extrinsic motivation
       • Students read ar surface level --> Details and facts.
     • Intrinsic motivation
       • High levels of understanding. Integration of the text and the background. Go beyond text. Integration.

2. The text

   • Type of genre
     • Abstract texts || Texts referring to real objects or activities
   • Text organization
     • Familiarity with the topic and text structure?
   • Sentence structure and lexis
     • Syntax and vocabulary

3. Reading is a skill that aims to develop critical thinking, problem solving and effective expression, which involves the ability to comprehend, understand and use the information provided in a variety of forms.