Developing reading comprehension
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- 1 Developing reading comprehension
- 2 Vocabulary knowledge
- 3 Grammatical skills
- 4 Pragmatic abilities
- 5 Metalinguistic awareness, idioms and figurative language
- 6 Cognitive resources
- 7 The situation model
- 8 Knowledge and engagement with texts
- 9 The important role of inferences
- 10 What is the difference between reasoning and inferencing skills?
What does listening comprehension entail?
Listening comprehension (simply comprehending what you hear) is a good predictor of individual differences in reading comprehension. This is because it draws on many relevant linguistic abilities and cognitive resources. We begin by discussing the linguistic skills utilised by listening (and hence reading) comprehension. We will then discuss the cognitive resources that are required.
Linguistic skills
- vocabulary knowledge
- grammatical skills
- pragmatic abilities
- metalinguistic awareness, idioms and figurative language.
- Next:Vocabulary knowledge
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