DEVELOPMENTAL READING

(GEE 4)
Instructor: Luzminda G. Machete
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to develop and improve reading and study skills needed for
college work. It also sharpens the future teachers’ reading proficiency in preparation for the
introduction to the nature of the reading process.
TOPICS:
PRELIMS
I. Nature of Reading
1. What is Reading?
2. Why Read?
3. What to Read?
4. What is Developmental Reading?

II. How to Read?

1. Basic Reading Skills
 Skimming
 Scanning
 Extensive Reading
 Intensive Reading
2. Reading Difficulties
 Dyslexia
 Hyperlexia
 Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also known as Hyperkinetic
Disorder
 Hyperopia (Farsightedness)
 Myopia (Nearsightedness)
3. Obstacles to Reading
 Physical
 Psychological
 Environmental
 Socio-economic
MIDTERM
III. The Reading Skills (Vocabulary)
1. Structural Analysis
2. Using Context Clues
3. Word Associations
4. Homonyms, Homophones, Heteronyms
5. Idioms
6. Synonyms and Antonyms
7. Figures of Speech
SEMI-FINALS
IV. Understanding Passages and other Selections
1. Reading Comprehension Skills
 Noting Details
 Getting The Main Idea
 Inferring
 Making Generalization
 Predicting Outcomes
FINALS
V. Gathering and Organizing Information
1. The Study Skills
 Note Taking
 Summarizing
 Outlining
2. Reading the Newspaper
3. Non-prose reading
4. Reading Graphs

LEARNING RESOURCES:
Dayagbil, Filomena, Ethel Abao, and Marilou Lozarita (2009). Developmental Reading
1.Dalandanan, Valenzuela City, Philippines. Mutya Publishing House, Inc.
Santos, Myrna & Mildred Crisostomo (2013).Developmental reading I. Malabon City,
Philippines. Jimczyville Publications
Villanueva, Aida, Rogelio de los Santos (2008). Developmental Reading 1. Cubao, Quezon City,
Philippines. Lorimar Publishing, Inc.
http://lines.ed.gov/readingprifiles/MC_Word_Recognition.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/ref/Idioms/index.htm
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/literacy/assets/pdf/packages/combook.pdf
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Class/Online participation, Quizzes, Assignments and other outputs
2. Major Examinations (Midterm & Final)
3. Major outcome-based projects/performances
GRADING SYSTEM:
(60% passing mark/transmutation of raw scores or cumulative related scores (for
Teacher Education)
Major Examinations/Assessment 30 %
Major Outcome-Based Projects
(product or performance-based assessment) 30%
Class Standing – quizzes, class participation/ assignments
/other outputs/performances 40 %
____________
100 %

CLASS POLICIES:
1. Active classroom/online participation
2. Prompt passing of requirements