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The Reading
Process
Smith and Dechant:
Reading is a key to
success in school,
Villamin considers
reading as the key that
unlocks the door of
enlightenment and
enjoyment and basic
tool for learning.
A basic understanding of
what is reading all
about is how to
perform the task of
teaching the reading
skill
Theoretical Models of
Reading
Theoretical Models of
Reading
Murray's Interactive
Theory postulates that
reading is an
interaction involving the
reader and the text
being read.
According to Ehri,
1. Knowledge of
language which
enables the reader to
recognize sentences,
syntax, semantics,
pragmatics.
According to Ehri,
2. Knowldge of the
world/ background
knowledge including
encyclopedia and
experiential knowledge.
According to Ehri,
3. Metacognitive
knowledge which
enables readers to
monitor their own
comprehension.
According to Ehri,
4. Knowledge of the
alphabetic-phonemic
(letter-sound) systems
involve knowing how
the spelling represents
the speech.
Models of Reading
Gough's Bottom-Up
Model is the text rather
.
than what the reader
brings to the text.
Models of Reading
Goodman's Top-Down
Model The readers bring
information based on the
past experiences with
language and their world
to the act of reading.
Models of Reading
Interactive Model
postulated by Rumelhart
is a combination
.
of the
bottom and up and topdown views of reading.
The Perceptual
Nature of Reading
Process
Perception would be as
many interpretations of
that object as there
were viewers.
Terms related to
Reading
1. Fixation
2. Interfixation movements
3. Return sweeps
4. Regressions
Terms related to
Reading
5. Span recognition
6. Duration of Fixation
7. Intellectual Factors
8. Psychological Factors
9. Linguistic Factors
10. Sociological Factors
Reading as a
Developmental Task
1.Reading Readiness
2. Beginning Reading
3. Period of Rapid Growth
4. Period of Refinement