Br. Damien John Dave Ma.

Argenal Abao, MMHC

Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross- Mater Dei College
Developmental Reading

a) What are the views about reading?

a. Reading as SKILL
b. Reading as PROCESS
c. Reading as COMPREHENSION
d. Reading as DEVELOPMENT
e. 5. Reading as STRATEGY
b) When does reading comprehension occur?
Comprehension occurs in the transaction between the reader and
the text.
c) What are the factors affecting reading comprehension?
THE READER brings the following to the text:
a. Script knowledge - knowledge and beliefs about the
world.
b. Knowledge about language - graphophonic,
syntactic, semantic,
pragmatic.
c. Knowledge of text structure text cohesion,
general text
structure (narrative,
expository, etc.)
d. Pragmatic system - how language is used in
social
settings.
THE TEXT
Text Structure
its genre, vocabulary, language, even the specific word
choices, How well text is written, content, difficulty or readability and
Authors intent.
The Context
involves the activity that occurs around the transaction.
Purpose
- reading a text for a specific reason.
Setting
- teacher creates the learning opportunities to support the
construction of meaning.