Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension

1. Definitions

   • Nunan
     • Information from text + background knowledge = meaning
   • Snow
     • Process of extracting &constructing meaning through involvement with written language
   • Burnes
     • meaning-getting activity
     • reader & writer interact
       • has a purpose
         • within a context
     • comprehended written discourse
   • Burnes & Page
     • Array of cognitive process
       • Intentional
       • Active
       • Before-during-after reading
       • understanding of phonems
         • Phonics
           • ability to comprehend

2. Process

   • Connecting
     • something you are reading
       • something you know
     • Questioning
       • Question starter words
       • Predicting
         • Ideas in text
           • guess what´s going to happen
         • Imagine
           • build a picture in your mind
           • inferring
             • Figure out what author means
             • Determining importance
               • main ideas, topics
               • synthesizing
                 • own idea about the message you learn