READING SKILLSWeek 6 NJ Kang

Reading comprehen-sion-based approaches

Reading comprehension-based ap-proaches

Almost all!(Williams and Moran, 1989)

Comprehension in the form of the presentation of text followed by post-reading questions on the

text’

Definition of comprehension Understanding writer’s intention. It’s difficult to match with reader’s and the

writer’s intention Since text does Not have only one meaning

but Reflective and multiple meanings (Williams, 1983)

Since people interpret using one’s own Men-tal representation

Which is Depend on learners’ experiences. (Urquhart, 1987)

So it has to be

Interpretation Not

Comprehension

Why? Understanding text meaning

=mental representation Each individual’s knowledge is

the result of constant conceptual reformulation through various experiences,

Dog, apple, knive?

Aims of comprehension questions

1. To check comprehension2. To facilitate comprehen-

sion3. Simply to ensure that

the learner reads the text. (Williams and Moran, 1989)

Reality

What if, Prob-lems occur before or

during read-ing?

Expectation of comprehension checking

May causes reading problems by encouraging a studial reading habit which in fact

inhibits the reading process (Williams and Moran, 1989; Ma-

suhara, 1998; tomlinson, 2000)

Solutions

Pre-, and during comprehension check up activities are

needed

Interpretations, than comprehension. (Masuhara, 1998, neu-

roscience and cognitive psychology)

So what did you learn from reading this section?

Need comprehension checkup before and during

Before reading activate one’s knowledge and experience to understand the text.

During reading activate learners’ under-standing of the writer’s intention

After reading language based comprehen-sion checkup, interpretation opportunities.

Do we have that kind?

Language focused1. Vocabulary2. Reading with listening3. Make a sentence4. Comprehension check up questions5. Writing sentence