Understanding Reading Comprehension: Processes and Practices

Can baboons read? That is the thought-provoking question that opens this wonderfully accessible book for trainee and practising primary school teachers to fully understand the process of reading comprehension.  Comprehension is an essential component of learning to read and a successful teacher of reading will have a portfolio of different strategies and approaches that take in to account that children learn to read in different ways. This book supports the development of student and practising teachers’ subject knowledge by providing detailed guidance in to the reading comprehension process, along with practical strategies and lesson ideas for use in the classroom. Drawing from educational and psychological research, coverage includes:      School-based activities in every chapter     An in-depth focus on the inference making process     The role of vocabulary and syntax in comprehension     Cognitive and meta-cognitive processes including the use of memory     Advice on developing effective classroom talk with different groups of children     Using different text genres and selecting texts  Why not preview the first chapter?  Read Chapter 1: Locating Reading It's a great starting point for discussion and debate on 'what is reading'.

Education & Teaching

Tennent, Wayne

Schools & Teaching

Sage Publications Ltd.

Can baboons read? That is the thought-provoking question that opens this wonderfully accessible book for trainee and practising primary school teachers to fully understand the process of reading comprehension. Comprehension is an essential component of learning to read and a successful teacher of reading will have a portfolio of different strategies and approaches that take in to account that children learn to read in different ways. This book supports the development of student and practising teachers’ subject knowledge by providing detailed guidance in to the reading comprehension process, along with practical strategies and lesson ideas for use in the classroom. Drawing from educational and psychological research, coverage includes: <ul>
<li>School-based activities in every chapter</li> <li>An in-depth focus on the inference making process</li> <li>The role of vocabulary and syntax in comprehension</li> <li>Cognitive and meta-cognitive processes including the use of memory</li> <li>Advice on developing effective classroom talk with different groups of children</li> <li>Using different text genres and selecting texts</li> </ul>
Why not preview the first chapter? Read Chapter 1: Locating Reading It′s a great starting point for discussion and debate on ′what is reading′.

How can teachers foster good reading in pupils aged 7 – 11? This book explains the way to do it. * What is this book about? Reading comprehension is so much more than just reading words, and this book explains how to develop all aspects of it for pupils aged 7–11. Written by top experts in the field, it includes eleven in-depth case studies – taken from real-life classrooms – of lessons on fiction and non-fiction, poetry and picture books, advertising and film. * Why is it needed? Guided reading, widely used in English lessons, has never been satisfactorily examined for children in this age range. Once they have learned how to read, pupils need support to develop strategies to extend their comprehension: What does the text say? What does it mean? What do I feel about it? * What is special about guiding readers? We can guide readers whenever we open discussions by exploring their understanding rather than telling them. This book shows teachers how it can be done with real classroom examples. * Who is it for? All teachers of children aged 7–11, English subject leaders, literacy coordinators, student teachers, teacher-educators, librarians, tutors, reading specialists.

Guiding Readers - Layers of Meaning: A Handbook for Teaching Reading Comprehension to 7-11-year-olds

Reedy, David

Gamble, Nikki

Hobsbaum, Angela

UCL IOE Press

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