ENUMERATION LEVELS OF COMPREHENSION 1. LITERAL-knowing what’s read 2. INTERPRETATIVE-what is read combined with one’s subjective idea 3. APPLIED-opinions and applications 4. EVALUATIVE-judgement on the reading material METACOGNITION/HIGHER COMPREHENSION SKILLS 1. Self-awareness 2. Careful reading and greater retention 3. Making previous assumptions and hypothesis 4. The deliberate and combined ability to reflect, question, classify, summarize and predict 5. Information reading which gives attention to SQ3R(survey, question, read, recite, and review) CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGE 1. CLARITY-reader will easily understand language if the code symbols are concrete 2. SIMPLICITY-complex wording is not easily understood 3. ADAPTED LANGUAGE-word expression should relate to personal factors(age,gender. Etc) 4. FORCEFUL-stimulating language provides color, interest and excitement 5. VIVID LANGUAGE-descriptive and stirs the sense of the reader
*STUDY THE READING SKILLS LADDER* 16. READING FROM THE INTERNET
15. EXPOSURE TO READING FROM MASS MEDIA 14. STARTING YOUR PRIVATE LIBRARY COLLECTION 13. BORROWING LIBRARY BOOKS FOR RESEARCH AND ENJOYMENT 12. USING THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS REFERENCE BOOK
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11. USING THE DICTIONARY 10. USING PARTS OF THE BOOK 9. CLASSIFYING AND ORGANIZING FACTS 8 INTERFERING CONCLUSIONS
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7 FINDING THE SUPPORTING DETAILS 6. FINDING THE MAIN IDEA 5 VOCABULARY BUILDING 4 USING CONTEXTUAL CLUES
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3. USING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 2. USING PHONETIC ANALYSIS 1. BASIC SIGHT WORDS
STAGES OR LEVEL OF READERS 1. POOR READER-takes meaning in word for word 2. Average reader-picking up longer thought units 3. Good reader-takes an increased and longer unit of meaning FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS IN READING 1. Reading comprehension 2. Reading speed TYPES OF SEMANTIC CUES 1. Definition 2. Restatement
3. Example 4. Comparison 5. Contrast