Understanding reading comprehension : processes and practices / Wayne Tennent.
By: Tennent, Wayne
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Los Angeles, California : SAGE, ©2015Description: 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 9781446273173 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781446273180 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Great Britain | Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Elementary)DDC classification: 372.470941/T25 Other classification: COED | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Locating reading Locating comprehension SECTION 1: PROCESSES Knowledge: of life and language Memory and monitoring Inference making: Definition and difficulties Coherence inferences Interrogative inferences Text comprehension: uniting the separate components SECTION 2: PRACTICES Selecting texts Teaching comprehension: Pedagogical principles Teaching comprehension: Pedagogy in practice Conclusion
Can baboons read? That is the thought-provoking question that opens this wonderfully accessible book for trainee and practising primary school teachers to fully understand the process of reading comprehension. It develops subject knowledge and provides practical strategies and lesson ideas to teach comprehension confidently.
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