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TOPIC: COMPREHENSION
Presented To: Ma’am Frah Afzal
Presented By:ASMAT ZAHRA
COMPREHENSION
COMPREHENSION
WHAT IS COMPREHENSION?
 “This is the act or action of grasping with the
intellect”
Comprehension:
Listening Understanding(Written)
WHAT IS COMPREHENSION?
 Action or capability of understanding .
 Ability to understand the meaning.
 To perceive something from the context.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Reader Competencies:
Speed and accuracy.
Reading fluency.
Vocabulary size.
 General world knowledge.
 Specific comprehension strategies.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
 Dimensions of Text:
Content
Genre
Structure
Language
Adept diction
Writing quality
Complexity
Graphic design features
Media based
ELEMENTS OF COMPREHENSION:
 Text
 Narrative
 Informational
 Purpose for reading: Identifying reading task.
 Processes for reading: Determining approach
for reading.
 Consequences of reading: Increased
knowledge, engagement.
 Context: Social and cultural factors of school,
family and community.
WHAT GOOD READERS DO BEFORE
COMPREHENSION?
 Set goal or purpose.
 Preview text.
 Make predictions.
WHAT GOOD READERS DO DURING THE
READING?
 Connect to world knowledge.
 Make inferences.
 Adjust reading by skimming.
 Adjust reading by focusing.
 Adjust the practice of rereading the notes.
WHAT GOOD READERS DO DURING THE
READING?
 Check and adapt predictions.
 Summarize passages.
 Ask questions.
 Respond and evaluate text.
 Monitor comprehension.
 Check and repair
WHAT GOOD READERS DO AFTER READING?
 Reread.
 Summarize.
 Reflect.
 Determine how the information can be used
and recalled.
COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES
 Recognizing text structure
 Predicting
 Monitoring (Meta-cognition)
 Connecting to world knowledge
 Asking Questions
 Summarizing
 Constructing Mental Images
COMPREHENSION
 Scaffolding:
Worksheet #1
WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT TILL YET ?
CONCLUSION
 Promote language production and vocabulary.
 Actively engages students in monitoring.
 For novice readers in their primary language:
provide explicit word level skills.
 Emphasize transferring strategies from their
native language to English(target language).
COMPREHENSION (RECAPITULATION)
Chain Drill Activity
In Logic it is the totality of
intensions
Thank you
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