Unit I- THE READING PROCESS

Reading Define

"Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled"

-Barbara Trishman

Theoretical Models of Reading

The Perceptual Nature of Reading Process

STAGES OF READING PROCESS

1st Stage
Process #1: Making Early Connection- Describing Pictures

Description

• In the first stage the child is unable to read stories. Instead, he is the stage where he can describe pictures, but unable to make much of a story by looking at the pictures.

The Characteristics of a child

• Able to describe pictures in books
• Sense of story limited
• Able to follow verbal directions
• Oral vocabulary is appropriate for grade level or age
• Attention span is appropriate for grade level or age
• Responds appropriately to questions
• able to make connections between pictures

2ND STAGE 

The child has started to learn more about the story structure and can move beyond just describing the pictures she sees.
A. describe an oral story based on pictures on several pages in a book.
B. only able to use childlike, or "story teller," language to tell the story , rather than book language.

Process#3 Transitional Picture Reading

In this stage the child is still only able to tell stories based on pictures but is
A. Able to understand how the pictures connect to the story
B. Beginning to mix storyteller language with book language

Process#4 Advance Picture Reading

At the fourth stage of reading process, the child has finally grasped the difference between storytelling and book language. A child in this reading stage is
A. Able to describe an oral story based on pictures on several pages in a book and
B. able to tell a story using book language.

Process#5 Early Print Reading

A. Able to tell the story using pictures
B. Understand that print moves from left to right and from top to bottom
C. Can use book language to make up part of the story, but is also able to read a few words

Process#6 Early Strategic Reading

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• Uses context clues to guess at the unknown word and the guesses make sense
• Recognize beginning sounds in words and is able to use them to guess at unknown words
• tries sounding out words
• Recognize word parts, such as root words and affixes

Process#7 Moderate Strategic  Reading

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• Use context clues and word parts to decode unknown words
• self correct when making miscues
• Able to retell the story
• show an understanding of vowel sounds

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Factors That Affect Reading

Cognitive Ability

• Perception
• Attention
• Memory
• Visual and Spatial Language
• Spassing

Attitude Towards Reading

"Motivation is what activates behavior - Guthrie and Winfield (2000)"

Environment

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Resources

• evancedsolution
• faculty.sfc.edu
• sharpbrain.com/blog

Reading as a Development Task

Developmental Task

• A physical and cognitive that person must accomplish during a particular age period to continue development. An example is walking, which precedes the developments of a sense of autonomy in the toddler period. The nurse may also outline developmental task for families

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• A developmental task is one that arises predictably and consistently at or abut a certain period in the life of the individual

Reading as a Developmental Task

• Reading is an important part of a child's development. for instance a child reaching adulthood that can not read is likely to suffer from an interior complex and could easily become withdrawn and isolated

What is the purpose of Developmental Task?

Developmental Task are stages of developments and tells how children should be doing at certain ages, so it is a guideline to compare children abilities

The Concept of Developmental Task

• assumes that human development in modern societies is characterized by a long series of task that individuals have to learn throughout their lives

Source

• www. thefreedictionary.com
• www.encyclopedia.com
• www.answers.com