READING

DEFINITION
READING CONCEPTS
READING ABILITY
LITERACY
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
DECODING
READING DISABILITY
READING INSTRUCTION
 WHAT IS READING
. READING IS DEFINED AS A COGNITIVE PROCESS THAT INVOLVES DECODING SYMBOLS
TO ARRIVE AT MEANING
. READING IS AN ACTIVE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING MEANINGS OF WORDS.
. IT CAN ALSO BE DEFINED AS THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT WRITTEN SYMBOLS AND
LETTERS AND UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF THEM
 IMPORTANCE OF
READING
 READ TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE
 READ TO IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY
 READ TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND YOU BETTER
 READING DEVELOPS YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS
 etc
DISADVANTAGES OF
READING
 WASTE OF TIME
 READING TAKES TIME & EFFORT
 LESS TIME FOR LEISURE/ PLEASURE
 READING MAY LEADS TO MENTAL DISORDER
 READING NEED MORE MONEY TO BUY GOOD BOOKS
 etc
COMPONENTS OF
READING
 PHONICS
 PHONEMIC AWARENESS
 VOCABULARY
 READING COMPREHENSION
 FLUENCY
NB PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THEIR DEFINITIONS
 THEORY OF READING
SIMPLE VIEW OF READING
 The simple view of reading is a theory that attempts to define the skills that contribute to early reading
comprehension.
 According to the original theory (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), an individual’s reading comprehension is the product of
his/her decoding skill and language comprehension.
 The simple view of reading is also defined as a scientific theory that a student’s ability to understand written words
depends on how well they sound out the words and understand the meaning of those words.
COMPONENTS OF THE SIMPLE VIEW
OF READING
• 1 WORD RECOGNITION /DECODING
• 2 LANGUAGE COMPREHNSION
 IMPORTANCE OF THE
SIMPLE VIEW OF
READING
THIS TEORY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT RECOGNISES THAT WORD
RECOGNITION AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION SHOULD WORK
TOGETHER AND NOT OPERATE IN ISOLATION
WEAKNESSES AND
STRENGTH OF THIS
THEORY
NB. To be discussed in the next class
MODELS/APPROACHES
OF READING
1. TOP-DOWN APPROACH
2. BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
3. INTERACTIVE APPROACH
READING TECNIQUES
1. SKIMMING
2. SCANNING
3. INTENSIVE READING
4. EXTENSIVE READING