Reading skills Week 6 NJ Kang

Reading comprehension- based approaches

Reading comprehension-based approaches Almost all! (Williams and Moran, 1989) Comprehension in the form of the presentation of text followed by post-reading questions on the text’

Definition of comprehension Understanding writer’s intention. It’s difficult to match with reader’s and the writer’s intention Since text does Not have only one meaning but Reflective and multiple meanings (Williams, 1983) Since people interpret using one’s own Mental representation Which is Depend on learners’ experiences. (Urquhart, 1987)

Interpretation Not Comprehension So it has to be Interpretation Not Comprehension

Why? Understanding text meaning =mental representation Each individual’s knowledge is the result of constant conceptual reformulation through various experiences, Dog, apple, knive?

Aims of comprehension questions To check comprehension To facilitate comprehension Simply to ensure that the learner reads the text. (Williams and Moran, 1989)

What if, Problems occur before or during reading? Reality What if, Problems occur before or during reading?

Expectation of comprehension checking May causes reading problems by encouraging a studial reading habit which in fact inhibits the reading process (Williams and Moran, 1989; Masuhara, 1998; tomlinson, 2000)

Pre-, and during comprehension check up activities are needed Solutions Pre-, and during comprehension check up activities are needed Interpretations, than comprehension. (Masuhara, 1998, neuroscience and cognitive psychology)

So what did you learn from reading this section? Need comprehension checkup before and during Before reading  activate one’s knowledge and experience to understand the text. During reading  activate learners’ understanding of the writer’s intention After reading  language based comprehension checkup, interpretation opportunities. Do we have that kind?

Language focused Vocabulary Reading with listening Make a sentence Comprehension check up questions Writing sentence