Reading as a psychosocial

process
 Reading as a Cognitive
Process

 Comprehension-is the mental or cognitive

process in the perception of meaning.
TWO BASIC STEPS IN READING
COMPREHENSION
 1. The extraneous process that creates a
stimulus on the visual centers of the brain.
1. Word recognition or written symbols
2. Attentive adjustment by the reader on
these symbols
2. fusion/interpretation/construction of
meaning by the mind out of the stimuli
LEVELS OF COMPREHENSION
 1.LITERAL-knowing what’s read as is (
who, what, where,when, why and how)
 2. INTERPRETATIVE- What is read combined
with one’s subjective ideas
 3. APPLIED- forming opinions and
applications
 4. EVALUATIVE- judgement on the reading
material such as on the information data,
the event, persons involved
READING AS SKILL/SKILLS

 GRACE GODDEL- devised a reading skills

reader. The skills ladder is specific which
covers reading activities as these happen
while students are in school.
GRACE GODDEL- devised a
reading skills ladder. The skills
ladder is specific which covers
reading activities as these
happen while students are in
school.
READING SKILLS LADDER
 1. Basic sight words
 2. using phonetic analysis
 3. using structural analysis
 4. using contextual clues
 5. vocabulary building
 6. finding the main idea
 7. finding the supporting details
 8. interfering meanings, drawing conclusions
 9. classifying and organizing facts
 10. using parts of the books
 11. using the dictionary
 12. using encyclopedia and reference books
 13. borrowing library books for research and enjoyment
 14. starting your private library collection
 15. reading from the internet
 READING AS A PROCESS OF
DEVELOPMENT
 IN 1983, the DECS(Department of Education
Culture and Sports)required students enrolled
in BEED to take up a 3-unit course in
Developmental Reading and another 3-unit
course in Teaching Strategies in
Communication Arts, Focus in Reading
 In 1986, the agency required students
enrolled in BSED to take up Developmental
Reading and Research and Study Skills.
Reading STAGES
 1. Reading Readiness- nursery and
kindergarten pupils
 2. Beginning Reading- grades 1 and 2
 3. Period of rapid growth or expanding
ability-grades 3 and 4
 4. Period of refinement in the use of the
reading tool-grade6, high school and
college
READING READINESS
 Prepares pupil to read
 Guides in functional and speaking
vocabulary
 Initiates activities using real objects
 Imparts in auditory and visual
discrimination
 Introduces stories, rhymes, poems
 Basic sight words
BEGINNING READING
 Introduces words relating to real-life
situations
 Initiates both oral and silent reading, in
which the child should already have a
reading vocabulary of at least 200 words
 Engages the child in repetitive, interesting
and meaningful vocabulary activities
 RAPID OR EXPANDING
READING GROWTH
 Enriching vocabulary, deepening
comprehension, awakening critical
critical thinking through an answer-search
to problems
 Free reading
 Skimming and scanning techniques
 Using of dictionary
REFINEMENT AND USE OF
READING AS A STUDY TOOL
 Independent reading
 Research work
 Note taking
 Effcient organization of notes
 Wide reading
 Oral reading using poetic, exhortative
and dramatic materials