Comprehension

Question 1

Comprehension come from the Greek word??

Answer 1

Comprehensionem which means “a seizing”

Question 2

Name the types of comprehension

Answer 2

Literal comprehension
Inferential comprehension
Evaluative comprehension
Lexical comprehension
Interpretative comprehension
Applied comprehension

Question 3

What is literal comprehension

Answer 3

This is being able to process factual explicitly stated information e.g recall or recognition of main ideas

Question 4

What is inferential comprehension

Answer 4

This is when the reader infers meaning that goes beyond explicitly stated information

Question 5

What is evaluative comprehension

Answer 5

It requires the reader to move beyond the text to consider what they think and believe in relation to the message in the text. It is often referred to as “beyond the text” comprehension

Question 6

What is lexical comprehension

Answer 6

It involves understanding the key vocabulary in the text
It involves
I) previewing vocabulary before reading
II) reviewing new vocabulary during or after reading

Question 7

What is interpretative comprehension

Answer 7

This process answers what if, why and how questions. It is quite similar to inferential

Question 8

What is applied comprehension

Answer 8

This process relates the story to existing knowledge or opinion.
It involves asking questions that have no right or wrong answer.
Support reasoning

Question 9

What are the reading comprehension skills

Answer 9

Decoding
Fluency
Vocabulary
Sentence construction
Reason and background knowledge
Working memory and attention

Question 10

What is decoding

Answer 10

It involves connecting individual sounds to letters

Question 11

What is fluency

Answer 11

Fluent readers read smoothly at a good pace and they use proper tone in Thier voice when reading aloud

Question 12

What is importance vocabulary as a comprehension skill

Answer 12

To understand what your reading you need to understand most of the words on the text

Question 13

What is the importance of sentence construction as a comprehension skill

Answer 13

Understanding how sentences are constructed is important to reading.knowing how ideas link up on sentence level helps

Question 14

What is the importance of reasoning and background knowledge as comprehension skill

Answer 14

Most readers relate what they read to what they know. So it’s important to have back ground knowledge about the world

Question 15

What is the importance of working memory and attention as a comprehension skill

Answer 15

Both skills are both of a group of abilities called executive function. The ability to store information from text , hold unto the information and use it to gain meaning

Question 16

What is listening comprehension

Answer 16

Listening comprehension is part of the communication skills and is part of the development of reading and writing comprehension

Question 17

What is listening

Answer 17

The interpretation of a spoken language

Question 18

Characteristics of listening comprehension

Answer 18

i) know the linguistic code ( how the language is spoken)
ii) auditory skills to store information to be able to give or reflect on the message

Question 19

Components of listening

Answer 19

1 Before listening
2 after listening
3 After listening

Question 20

What is a comprehension

Answer 20

Comprehension is a systematic part of communication, it involves a thinking process, it is thinking through reading and listening

Question 21

What’re the Comprehension process

Answer 21

1) Reading comprehension
2) Listening comprehension

Question 22

What is reading comprehension

Answer 22

This is accurately understanding and interpreting what is inside of a written material.