TOPIC: COMPREHENSION

Presented To: Ma’am Frah Afzal Presented By:ASMAT ZAHRA

COMPREHENSION

COMPREHENSION

WHAT IS COMPREHENSION?

“This is the act or action of grasping with the intellect”

Comprehension:

Listening Understanding(Written)

WHAT IS COMPREHENSION?

Action or capability of understanding .

Ability to understand the meaning.

To perceive something from the context.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Reader Competencies: Speed and accuracy. Reading fluency. Vocabulary size. General world knowledge. Specific comprehension strategies.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Dimensions of Text: Content Genre Structure Language Adept diction Writing quality Complexity Graphic design features Media based

ELEMENTS OF COMPREHENSION:

Text Narrative Informational

Purpose for reading: Identifying reading task. Processes for reading: Determining approach

for reading. Consequences of reading: Increased

knowledge, engagement. Context: Social and cultural factors of school,

family and community.

WHAT GOOD READERS DO BEFORE COMPREHENSION?

Set goal or purpose.

Preview text.

Make predictions.

WHAT GOOD READERS DO DURING THE READING?

Connect to world knowledge.

Make inferences.

Adjust reading by skimming.

Adjust reading by focusing.

Adjust the practice of rereading the notes.

WHAT GOOD READERS DO DURING THE READING?

Check and adapt predictions.

Summarize passages.

Ask questions.

Respond and evaluate text.

Monitor comprehension.

Check and repair

WHAT GOOD READERS DO AFTER READING?

Reread.

Summarize.

Reflect.

Determine how the information can be used and recalled.

COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES

Recognizing text structure Predicting Monitoring (Meta-cognition) Connecting to world knowledge Asking Questions Summarizing Constructing Mental Images

COMPREHENSION

Scaffolding:

Worksheet #1

WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT TILL YET ?

CONCLUSION

Promote language production and vocabulary.

Actively engages students in monitoring.

For novice readers in their primary language: provide explicit word level skills.

Emphasize transferring strategies from their native language to English(target language).  

COMPREHENSION (RECAPITULATION)

Chain Drill Activity In Logic it is the totality of intensions

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