Understanding in reading

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Understanding in reading

• by Jocelyne GIASSON

This book offers a model for explicit teaching of
understanding in reading. It synthesizes current
research on the subject.
We have made a complete summary in a power point
presentation! We invite you to read it and reread
it!
De Boeck Université, 1996. Re-edited in 2008.
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Please note
To complete this book efficiently, we recommend
that you read in parallel the following book by
the same author
This book isnt summarized here.
Reading, from theory to practice, De Boeck
Université, 3e ed. 2006.
This book makes a link between theory and
practice by offering a series of concrete
applications of the model for explicit teaching
of understanding in reading. It offers very
pratical suggestions for the organisation of
teaching reading and offers reader applications
from kindergarden up to the moment when the
reader becomes a skillful reading strategist.
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Jocelyne Giasson, Understanding in reading, De
Boeck, 1996 and 2008.
Forward
This document offers a summary of the book by J.
Giasson. It often refers to specific pages
because it is impossible to say everything!
To go directly to the index
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Jocelyne Giasson, Understanding in reading, De
Boeck, 1996 and 2008.
Advice on reading
One certainty this document isnt enough to
integrate all the contents of the book! It is
therefore indispensable to read this document
along with the book.
You can begin by reading this summary in power
point format then read the book, or begin with
the book and then go through the summary, or read
both at the same time, going between the one and
the other, or proceed chapter by chapter, or
any other way you like!
Its up to you to find out what suits you best!!
To go directly to the index
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Symbols / images used frequently in this document
and their meaing
The symbol
indicates a definition
The colours of these images can be different!!
indicates a comment
The symbol
leads to an explanation answers the question why
The symbol
offers pratical suggestions, answers the question
 and concretely, what do I do?
The symbol
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Jocelyne Giasson, Understanding in reading, De
Boeck, 1996 and 2008.
The slides are accompanied by images which are as
 speaking  as words are!
The chapters go from 1 to 12. To read a chapter,
you just have to click on the number of the
chapter of your choice. To continue in the power
point presentation, always click left as soon as
nothing is moving in the slide!
To leave a power point document before the end,
click on Esc(ape)
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Jocelyne Giasson, Understanding in reading, De
Boeck, 1996 and 2008.
The following slides offer the table of contents
of the book its up to you to click on the n
of the chapter that you want to read.
The first table of contents is more complete.
The second is more succinct and is in the form
of a hub diagram.
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Jocelyne Giasson, Understanding in reading, De
Boeck, 1996 and 2008.
Happy reading.
All of the summaries of J. Giassons book were
written and developped as a Microsoft power point
presentation 2003 by Hélène Delvaux of the IF
BELGIUM
To go directly to the index
Images clipart on http//office.microsoft.com