Developmental Reading

Lesson 1: Reading and its significance

Lesson 2: Reading and reading problems
Lesson 3: Developmental Reading stages
READING AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
WHAT IS READING?
 Reading is useful for language
acquisition. Provided students more
or less understand what they read,
the more they read, the better they
get at it.

- Harmer, 2007
Why is reading
important?
New Learn Understand
words

IMPROVES OUR
 Meaning
behind
Understanding what you
read

Develops better
Analization Problem
solving

Develops
Concentration Cognitive skill

Memory

Improves
 Think in
Analization
new ways

Improves
 Builds
confidence

Socialize

Helps you
Inspire us to write Expose us to different
styles of writing;
creative
Writing skills

Improves
Leads us to Opens door to
new world invention or
creativity

Improves
What is Developmental Reading?
• A STAGE BY STAGE
PROCESS
• FROM SIMPLE TO
COMPLEX
• DESIGNED TO IMPROVE
LITERACY,
COMPREHENSION AND
DECODING SKILLS
THE GOAL OF
READING
DEVELOPMENT IS TO
MAKE READING
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL,
AS IT WILL
INCREASE THE
PLAYING FIELD FOR
STUDENTS WHO
NEED MORE
Strong Readers
- equipped with skills and strategies
- have confidence that enables them to read
without distraction

Struggling Readers
- people with disabilities like Dyslexia or
ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder.
- frustrated with the lack of trust
 READING AND
READING PROBLEMS
Neurological and Cognitive factors

COGNITIVE NEUROLOGICAL

Dyslexia Brain damage

Alexia Epilepsy
( acquired dyslexia, Paralysis
hyperlexia, Cerebral palsy
Reading at advance Tourette syndrome, etc
levels)
Environmental Factors

The Home Environment

The School Environment

The Social Environment

The Cultural Environment

The Home Environment

Foundation for Growth and

Development
Parents provide both Well-
being and mental stimulation
Impact of Difficult Home Conditions
Importance of Parental Involvement
Impact of Difficult Home Conditions
Challenges Faced by Overworked and
Less Educated Parents
School Environment

. Influence of School Environment on

Reading Problems
Negative School Practices and Reading
Problems
. Insufficient Practice and Reading Skills
The Social Environment

-Social Difficulties and Learning

Difficulties
-Impact of Social Difficulties on
Academic Performance
-Lack of Social Skills and Social
Interpretation
-Impact on Social Connections
The Cultural Environment

.- Providing Equitable
Education
-Cultural Differences and
Education
-Promise of Social Mobility
 Emotional Factors
-Readers who fail often have emotional
issues that make reading difficult
- Emotional problems intensify during
puberty
-Students with severe mood disorders may
require psychotherapy or counseling
- Different students react differently to
reading problems, with varying emotional
responses
 Language Factors
-considered as one of the greatest achievement of man
-allows people to talk
-reading is part of the language system

Speech Problems Language Disorder

Speech problems(Improper sound - Speech Impairment,

reproduction
means the slow or a
Voice Impairment (Inadequate trauma or typical development of
stability)
academic and
Anxiety (Breathing or rhythm communicative oral
problems
 Physical Factors

Visual Impairment Hearing Impairment

- Essential to reading Mild or temporary hearing

process loss can also seriously
- Prevent one person from affect reading skills.
reading
Developmental Reading Stages