WELCOME �To�ENGLISH CLASS�on�COMPREHENSION �Of�UNSEEN PASSAGE I

Prepared By Johny Sebastian,

PGT English, JNV Kozhikode

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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. Conceptual understanding

. Decoding,

. Analyzing,

. inferring,

. Interpreting,

. Appreciating literary

conventions

. Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension �is the ability to

.Read text

.Process it

.Understand

its meaning

An individual’s ability to comprehend text is influenced by his traits and skills, one of which is the ability to make inferences. If word recognition is difficult, students use too much of their processing capacity to read individual words, which inferences with their ability to comprehend what is read.

Approaches to Improve Reading Comprehension

Improve Vocabulary

.Reading

Strategies

Strategies to Adopt� Reading the Text

. Good grasp over English language

. Fluency in English

. Vocabulary

Processing information

. Prior knowledge of the topic.

.Underline important points.

. Ability to correlate what you know with what you are reading.

.Find out where the passage is

coherent with your knowledge.

. Note the points where the passage

conflicts with your knowledge.

Understand its Meaning

. Decode the passage.

. Think about the meaning of new text.

. Think in depth about what you read.

.Visualize the message

conveyed in the passage.

. Ability to summarize.

How to attempt questions that follow the comprehension passage?

There are four different types of questions

. Right There

. Think and Search

. Author and You

.On Your Own

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Right There

* Right in the text

* One Right Answer

*A word or a sentence

in the passage

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Think and Search

* Recall of facts.

* Found directly in the text.

* Found in more than one place.

*Requires students to

“think”and “search”through

the passage to find the answer.

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Author and You

Questions require the reader to co-relate

* What they already know.

* With what they have learned from reading the text.

Student’s must

* Understand the text

*Relate it to their prior

knowledge.

On Your Own

Questions are answered based on a student’s

* Prior Knowledge

* Experience

Reading the text alone may

not be helpful to them when

answering these type of

questions.