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Title: READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS


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READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS
  • UHB 1412
  • DR. TINA ABDULLAH

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Reading Comprehension Skills
  • Skills Needed To Increase Comprehension
  • Finding Main Ideas
  • Guessing Meaning of Unfamiliar Words from Context
  • Understanding Interpreting Reference Words
  • Looking for Key Words Transitional Markers
  • Making Inferences Drawing Conclusion

3
Finding Main Ideas
  • MAIN IDEA introduces the main or general
    message of what the paragraph intends to convey
    /describe / explain
  • 1 Paragraph
  • 1 Topic Sentence
  • 1 Main Idea

4
Guessing Meaning of Unfamiliar Words from
Context
  • Definition-is/known/means/refer to
  • Restatement-or/in other/words/that is
  • Examples-such as/like/including
  • Similarity-the same as/ just as/ like
  • Contrast-but/whereas/nevertheless/yet
  • Surrounding Words

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Guessing Meaning of Unfamiliar Words from Context
  • Guessing meaning of unfamiliar words
  • Word Analysis Contextual Clues
  • Prefixes Stems Meaning of Grammar
  • Suffixes other Words in
  • the Sentence Punctuation

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Word Analysis
  • Stem
  • A stem is a word in its first and simplest form.
    A word may be built up or have its meaning
    changed by an addition at either end.

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Word Analysis
  • Prefixes
  • A prefix is a word part added to the beginning
    of a word. The prefix usually changes the meaning
    of the stem words

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Word Analysis
  • Example of Prefixes
  • mono alone, one
  • A monopoly occurs when one person or group
    assumes an unfair amount of control over others.
  • sub under, below
  • Subzero temperatures are common during winter.
  • mis badly, wrong
  • The company went bankrupt because it was
    mismanaged.
  • anti against
  • Throwing litter all over the place is an
    antisocial attitude.

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Word Analysis
  • Suffixes
  • A suffix is a word part added to the end of a
    word. Usually, the addition of suffix affects the
    form of the word, rather than the meaning.

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Word Analysis
  • Example of Suffixes
  • Stem improve(verb)
  • He wanted to improve his grades, so he began to
    study more.
  • Stem suffix improvement (noun)
  • As he saw the improvement in his grades, he
    began to study more.

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Word Analysis
  • Example of Suffixes
  • Stem hard (adjective)
  • When she was a little girl, her family went
    through poverty and hard times.
  • Stem suffix hardship (noun)
  • She never forgot the poverty and hardship her
    family went through when she was a little girl.

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Word Analysis
  • Example of Suffixes
  • Stem mystery (noun)
  • The dream in which he saw a stranger in a dark
    robe standing by a lake remains a mystery to him.
  • Stem suffix mysterious (adjective)
  • He had a dream in which he saw a mysterious
    stranger in a dark robe standing by a lake.

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Understanding Interpreting Reference Words
  • Reference Words words that replace other
    words
  • Types of Reference Words
  • Anaphoric References - ideas mention earlier
  • Cataphoric References - ideas expressed later
  • Singular or Plural PRONOUN when referring to NOUN

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Looking for Key Words Transitional Markers
  • Key Words words in the text that are
    directly associated to the information that we
    would like to find or words that gives readers a
    clue to what the passage is all about.
  • Transitional Markers words that are used
    to link ideas

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Making Inferences Drawing Conclusion
  • Making Inferences forming an opinion after
    considering all the information put forward in
    the reading text
  • Steps in making inferences drawing conclusion
  • Get the facts right look for clues,
    relationships
  • Ask ourselves what we already know
  • Associate facts and known ideas to draw conclusion
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