Reynaldo V. Tanglao, Jr.

Developmental Reading
Jessamae Dela Torre Mrs. De Guzman

INPUT 1
WHAT IS READING
Reading is communication, giving information and sharing difference ideas.

The following are what experts have to say about the complexity of the reading process. Examine them
carefully and deduce what these definitions or tenets have in common.

1. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
-Francis bacon
2. Reading after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man, who reads
too much and uses his own brain too little, falls into lazy habits of thinking.
-Albert Einstein
3. What do we read? The messages is not something given in advance or given at all but something
created by interaction between writers and readers as participants in a particular communicative
situation. - Roy Harris in Rethinking Writing (2012)

4. Reading is asking question of printed text. And reading with comprehension becomes a matter of
getting your question answered.
-Frank smith In Reading Without nonsense (1997)
5. Reading is a psycholinguistic guessing game . it involves an interaction between through and
language. -Kenneth Goodman in Journal of the reading Specialist (1967)

6. The greatest gift is the passion for reading It is cheap, it consoles, it distract, it excites, it gives you
knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is moral illumination.
-Elizabeth Hardwick
7. Literacy practices are almost always fully integrated with intervolve talk interaction values and beliefs.
-James Gee in Social Linguistics and Literacies (1996)
8. Reading is a dynamic process in which the reader interacts with the text to construct meaning.
Inherent in constructing meaning is the reader’s ability to activate prior knowledge, use reading
strategies and adapt to the reading situation. -Ma. Cecelia Crudo (2005)]

9. Reading is an interaction between the reader and the written language, through which the reader
attempts to Re construct message from the writer. -W.S. Gray

INPUT 2
MORE VIEWS ON READING

Experts have proposed that reading is more than recognizing printed letters or words but it also
requires attention to details. These are the following views:

1. Partnership for Readership, National Reading Panel, Reading First Law (2002)
Reading is…
A complex system of deriving meaning from print that requires all of the following:
 The skills and knowledge to understand how phonemes, or speech sounds, are connected to
print;
 The ability to decode unfamiliar words;
  The ability to read fluently;
 Sufficient background information and vocabulary to foster reading comprehension;
 The development of appropriate active strategies to construct meaning from print; and
 The development and maintenance of a motivation to read

2. Neil Duke and P. David Pearson (2002)

Good readers…
 Are active readers
 From the outset have clear goals in mind for their reading
 Constantly evaluate whether the text, and their reading of it, is meeting their goals
 Typically look over the text before they read, noting such things as the structure of the text
and text sections that might be most relevant to their reading goals.
 As they read, frequently make predictions about their reading – what to read carefully, what to
read quickly, what not to read, what to reread and so on.
 Construct, revise, and question the meanings they make as they read
 Try to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and concepts in the text, and they deal
with inconsistencies or gaps as needed
 Draw from, compare, and integrate their prior knowledge with material in the text
 Think about the authors of the text, their style, beliefs, and intentions, historical milieu, and
so on
 Monitor their understanding of the text, making adjustments in their reading as necessary.
 Evaluate the text’s quality and value, and react to the text in a range of ways both intellectually
and emotionally
 Read different kinds of text differently
 When reading narrative, good readers attend closely to the setting and characters.
 When reading expository text, they frequently construct and revise summaries of what they
have read.
 Recognize that text processing occurs not only during “reading’ but also during short breaks
taken during reading, even after the “reading” itself has ceased.
 Look at comprehension as a consuming, continuous, and complex activity, but one that is both
satisfying and productive.

3. Robert Ruddell, Martha Rapp Ruddell, and Harry Singer (1994)

Reading is…
 Going to beyond merely decoding the symbols on the page
 The thought of making meaning
 An understanding of what the writer is saying
 An interaction between the reader and the writer
 A dialogue between the reader and the author in a specific context
 Influenced by one’s purpose of how well he/she reads or how much comprehension he/she
has
 Influenced by other factors that involve knowledge, distractions, and what one does when
he/she is reading
 Indicative that the amount of information that is known about something one is reading prior
to reading is directly proportionate to how easy or hard it is to read

4. Diane Henry Leipzig (2001)

Reading is…
 The motivated and fluent coordination of word recognition and comprehension
  A multifaceted process involving word recognition, comprehension, fluency, and motivation
 Making meaning from print. It requires that we: (1) identify the words in print – word
recognition; (2) construct an understanding from them – comprehension; (3) coordinate
identifying words and making meaning so that reading is automatic and accurate – fluency.
 In its fullest sense involves weaving together word recognition and comprehension in a fluent
manner.
 Developing and maintaining the motivation to read
 An active process of constructing meaning

5. Christine Cziko, Cynthia Greenleaf, Lori Hurwitz, Ruth Schoenbach (2002)

 Reading is not just a basic skill
 Reading is a complex process
 Reading is problem solving
 Fluent reading is not the same as decoding
 Reading is situationally bounded
 Proficient readers share some key characteristics

6. Kenneth Goodman (1988)

Reading is…
 A receptive psycholinguistic process wherein the actor uses strategies to create meaning from
text

INPUT 3
SKILLS REQUIRED FOR PROFICIENT READING

LANGUAGE DOMAINS
Phonemic awareness Cat, mat, bat, ran
Phonics /s/ /u/ /n/
Fluency The ability to read orally with speed, accuracy and vocal expression
Vocabulary Knowledge of words and word meanings
Reading Comprehension Understanding of the read text

Task 1:

Give the meaning of the following words taken from the definitions found under Input 1

Terms Meaning
1.Creative pursuits

2. full man

3. communication situation

4.psycholinguistic
5. anticipate

6. illumination

7. literacy

8. interwoven

TASK 4
DOMAIN GIVEN MEANING ANOTHER MEANING
Phonemic Awareness The ability to distinguish and
manipulate the individual sound of
language
Phonics The understanding of how letters are
linked to sounds (phonemes)
Fluency The ability to read orally with speed,
accuracy and vocal expression
Vocabulary Knowledge of words and word
meanings
Reading Comprehension Word recognition and decoding the
meaning of the text