Levels of reading

Levels of reading

1. Definition

   • Comprehension is understanding what is being said or read.

2. Levels

   • Literal Comprehension
     • The reader needs to understand ideas and information explicitly stated in the reading material.
       • identifying the main idea.
       • supporting details.
       • categorizing
       • outlining
       • summarizing
   • Critical\Applied Comprehension
     • This level occurs only after our students have understood the ideas and information that the writer has presented.
       • At this level, students can be tested on the following skills.
         • The ability to differentiate between facts and opinions.
         • The ability to recognize persuasive statements.
         • The ability to judge the accuracy of the information given in the text.
   • Inferential\Interpretive comprehension
     • In this level the students go beyond what is said and read for deeper meanings.
     • They must be able to read critically and analyze carefully what they have read.
     • actions
       • Re-arrange the ideas or topics discussed in the text.
       • Summarize the main idea when this is not explicitly stated in the text.
       • Explain the author's purpose of writing the text.
       • Select conclusions which can be deduced from the text.
     • Students need to be able to see relationships among ideas.

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