Reading is a receptive written skill, because reading as
comprehension is for understanding and what we read is not our ideas, which is
as Goodman called a ‘psycholinguistic guessing game’, it’s a kind of
interaction between the text and the reader, whose mind tries to get meanings
from what he/she already has (linguistic knowledge/ background…) while reading
to initiate a kind of dialogue with it.
This
kind of conversation that leads the reader to make sense of a text can be
categorized into two categories: the reader may be interested in contrasting a
personal interpretation of a text, or he may be more interested in trying to
get at the author’s original intentions.
Notably, the term ‘interaction’ refers to the interplay among
various kinds of knowledge that a reader uses in reading a text, as they help
the reader to decode the language of the text, but fluent readers reach
automacity in their reading, and do not consciously control this process. And
recent literature on reading, we have the term top-down processing to bring
what we already know while reading carefully to understand the meaning of the
text, and the term bottom-up processing in which we decode the letters, words,
and other features in the text in order to build new knowledge and bring it to
our heads. Therefore, our mission as teachers is to activate students’ prior
knowledge, then let them read and relate it to the six types of reading knowledge to
know their availability in the students, and be aware if they are happening
together in their brains. reading as comprehension is for understanding.
language is very important for understanding, so it plays a main role in comprehension which reflects positively on our daily life
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ReplyDeleteReading should be a daily habit to stay mentally stimulated,and to activate your brain.
ReplyDeleteReading is an important skill we need as teachers. We should also encourage our students to read because it makes their language better and they will be able to express themselves in a more impressive way
ReplyDeleteIt is one of the most interesting chapters we talked about in the Advanced Methods of Teaching English. I think language teachers have to care about such issues a lot. Once they all become aware of the knowledge needed while reading, we will then make sure that learners are on the safe side and we can say that we have really taught them how to read. Unfortunately, many teachers ask learners to read texts which they have no idea about and which are not familiar in their culture, they just do that since it is found in the coursebook!!! They never think of the importance of the cultural background!
ReplyDeleteReading is my pleasure. Loved your post Dana :) you tried to mention the different aspects of the transactive and interactive methods in teaching reading.
ReplyDeleteBenefits of reading every day are numerous.Reading stimulates the mind and reduces stress.People who read every day have stronger analytical thinking skills and improved focus and concentration.They also have better writing skills and vocabulary expansion.In addition to the relaxation that accompanies reading a good book,it's possible that the subject you read about can bring about immense inner peace and tranquility.
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