Reading comprehension

It's about definition of comprehension,its skills, tricks and importance

1. Comprehension

2. Introduction In our academic life , questions are asked frequently whether they are in the form of daily test or in exams’ paper. It seems that we “ STUDENTS” are meant for answering the questions.

3. Papers are good agencies to check our ability of answering the questions. Our paper includes one part which serves for this purpose.

4. Definition In Oxford dictionary; “It consists of a passage upon which questions are set to test the students’ ability to understand the content of the given text and to infer information and meanings from it.”

5. This part on one side is a yummy jelly for some students but at the same time it becomes a nightmare for others. So lets friends discuss the science of Comprehension, which surely help all of us in our academics;

6. History Here it is word ; Comprehension , derived from Latin word “ Comprehensio ” that means “seizing or capturing” .

7. As we know that an alphabet is a standard set of letters that represent the phonemes of any spoken language i.e. Alphabets join in a specific way to form meaningful words. It is single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing.

8. The ‘word’ may have a meaning in one context, and another meaning in other context “ You should be fair in your studies. ” “ Her complex is fair . ”

9. Sentence Whereas words join to form sentences. It conveys a statement, command, or question.

10. Paragraph Sentences join to form a Paragraph is most organized form of writings i.e. essays paragraphs contain topic sentence

11. Reading Skill is a Multipurpose Skill that deals with other skills like Listening Speaking Writing Thinking Communicating

12. Comparison between Reading It is multifaceted process involving word, recognition, comprehension, fluency and motivation. It takes long time. Context may be understand or not Reading Skill It is ability to understand written text. it takes less time. Context is understood within short time

13. It consists of a passage upon which questions are asked to test the abilities of the students . To check how much they understand the text .

14. Skills required for Comprehension and Developing concentration

15. It is rapid reading assisted by key words to locate specific pieces of information . 1- SCANNING

16. It is rapid reading focusing on TITLES , SUBTITLES AND HEADING . 2- SKIMMING

17. It aims to get a fairly accurate picture of whole presentation of ideas. 3- EXPLORATORY READING

18. Reader must get maximum understanding of main ideas and their relationship. 4- CLOSE READING

19. In it we Question , Analyze and Evaluate the text . 5- CRITICAL READING

20. In it we use Critical Thinking Skills. There is careful attention to each WORD and its importance in relation to OTHER WORDS. 6- ANALYTICAL READING

21. It refers to comprehensive reading program which consists of several periods or stages. 7- DEVELOPMENTAL READING

22. PRINCIPLES ONE MUST KEEP IN MIND !!!

23. These are some basic principles one must keep in mind while attempting comprehension passage : 1- Mark important points 2- Decide basic theme 3- Reread the passage and form basic ARGUMENT PASSAGE

24. 4- Keep your brain activity involved 5- Make meaning out of data 6- Approach paragraph with confidence <continued>

25. Oxford Dictionary Etymology Dictionary Oakhill, J. and Chain, K.(2016) Supporting Reading Comprehension development : From research to practice – Perspectives on language and literacy 42 (2) Snow, C.E, Burns, S.M, Griffin, P. Editors Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics Merriam-Webster Skills by Andrew M.I , LeeJ.D . Tierney , R.J.(1982). Essential considerations for developing basic reading Comprehension skills. School Physiology Review 11(3), pp. 299-305 REFERENCES