A Basic Technique

in Reading
Comprehension
Learning outcomes
Application of the
suggested in reading
comprehension
Acquired regard for
reading as an art
Let’s prepare to learn
 At this point, you may be groping for an
effective method which can be applied for
improved reading comprehension. Is it
enough to simply read and read especially
print materials assigned or recommended
by your teacher? At the same time, is there
a technique which can help you acquire the
skill for effective and unlightened reading
Let’s learn from the
experts
 Fora long time, reading
specialist grappled with the
problem of finding ways in
which the mind can effectively
work in perceiving work in
perceiving reading symbols.
 Ingeneral they perceived that the
poor reader loafs along the print
material, compared with the
excellent reader whose eyes race
over the lines gathering meaningful
ideas at each glance on the printed
page.
 Intime experts found out that
the reader should cultivate the
habit of reading for ideas, and not
read one word at a time thinking
of the meaning of separate
words. This was described by the
expert as “seeing the woods for
the trees”.
 Firstly this is the instance of a poor reader
who takes in meaning word for word-
 “Active/ reading/ not/ only/ produces/
understanding/ but/ allows/ you/ to/ appreciate/
the/ text/ as/ a/ work/ of/ art.
 Note: the beginner reader finds this pattern of
word of word reading comfortable since he is
still grouping to learn individual words. But as
the reader mature, he would certainly find this
method of reading tiresome and unnecessary
 Let’s look at the second instance
representing the average reader using
the succeeding portion of the text
 “Just as you admire/ the composition of
painting /, a sculpture/, a building or a
dance/, so you can / and should admire/
the composition/ of a painting/, a
sculpture / a building/, or a dance”
Note: the average and
more mature reader has
improve his reading habit
by picking up longer
thoughts unit in which he
gets meaning from the text.
A third instance is the good reader
who has taking in an increased and
longer unit of meaning. From the rest of
the text
 “And so you can and should admire/ the
composition of a text-the harmony and
shapeliness of the whole,/ the way in
which the parts fit together, refer to one
another, and support each other/, the
avoidance of excess, the balance of
elements.