The Resource Reading and comprehension in the african context : a cognitive enquiry, Agnes Wanja Kibui
Reading and comprehension in the african context : a cognitive enquiry, Agnes Wanja Kibui
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- Summary
- This book makes an important contribution to existing knowledge on the processes of reading and comprehension by identifying the various approaches and corresponding theories. The book is organized in various chapters that cumulatively lead to our entry into the three key areas. Chapter One provides important background to reading as a skill, explaining the hidden dynamics that avoid the process and outcome of reading. Chapter Two deals with comprehension and vocabulary, both very important aspects of the reading process, while Chapter Three focuses on the relationship between reading, remembe
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- eng
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- Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Foreword ; Preface ; Contents ; CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction; Background; A Kenyan Historical Perspective; Rationale for a Cognitive Study of Reading and Comprehension; An Overview of the Book; CHAPTER TWO -- Reading and Comprehension: An Overview; What Happens When We Read; Definitions of Reading; Approaches Taken by Readers in Reading; A Basic Theoretical Framework about Reading; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE -- Reading and Comprehension: A Theoretical Framework; Comprehension and Vocabulary; Models of the Reading Process
- The Bottom-Up and Top-Down (Interactive) Processes of ReadingThe Cognitive Implications of Reading-Theories; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR -- Reading and Comprehension: Cognitive Components; Reading; Memory; Memory and Perception; Memory and Words; Memory and Comprehension; Schema and Perception; Vocabulary and Reading Performance; Relationship between Knowledge of Word Meanings and Comprehension; Word Meanings, Schema, and Reading Comprehension ; Strategies for Reading; Learning English as a Second Language; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE -- Reading and Comprehension: Techniques of Assessment
- Approaches of Reading AssessmentThe Informal Reading Inventory (IRI); The Oral Reading Miscue Analysis (ORMA); The Cloze Test; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX -- Reading and Comprehension: Some Practical Applications; Extensive Reading; Some Possible Approaches for Teachers and Curriculum Developers; The Teaching Process; Teaching Learners Vocabulary; Proposals for Teachers as Examiners; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Concluding Remarks; Appendix One -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level One); Appendix Two -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level Two)
- Appendix Three -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level Three) References; Index of Personal Names; Back cover
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- 9789966040534
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- Reading and comprehension in the african context : a cognitive enquiry
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- Reading and comprehension in the african context
- Title remainder
- a cognitive enquiry
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- Agnes Wanja Kibui
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book makes an important contribution to existing knowledge on the processes of reading and comprehension by identifying the various approaches and corresponding theories. The book is organized in various chapters that cumulatively lead to our entry into the three key areas. Chapter One provides important background to reading as a skill, explaining the hidden dynamics that avoid the process and outcome of reading. Chapter Two deals with comprehension and vocabulary, both very important aspects of the reading process, while Chapter Three focuses on the relationship between reading, remembe
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- Kibui, Agnes Wanja
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- Reading comprehension
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- Reading and comprehension in the african context : a cognitive enquiry, Agnes Wanja Kibui
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Foreword ; Preface ; Contents ; CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction; Background; A Kenyan Historical Perspective; Rationale for a Cognitive Study of Reading and Comprehension; An Overview of the Book; CHAPTER TWO -- Reading and Comprehension: An Overview; What Happens When We Read; Definitions of Reading; Approaches Taken by Readers in Reading; A Basic Theoretical Framework about Reading; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE -- Reading and Comprehension: A Theoretical Framework; Comprehension and Vocabulary; Models of the Reading Process
- The Bottom-Up and Top-Down (Interactive) Processes of ReadingThe Cognitive Implications of Reading-Theories; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR -- Reading and Comprehension: Cognitive Components; Reading; Memory; Memory and Perception; Memory and Words; Memory and Comprehension; Schema and Perception; Vocabulary and Reading Performance; Relationship between Knowledge of Word Meanings and Comprehension; Word Meanings, Schema, and Reading Comprehension ; Strategies for Reading; Learning English as a Second Language; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE -- Reading and Comprehension: Techniques of Assessment
- Approaches of Reading AssessmentThe Informal Reading Inventory (IRI); The Oral Reading Miscue Analysis (ORMA); The Cloze Test; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX -- Reading and Comprehension: Some Practical Applications; Extensive Reading; Some Possible Approaches for Teachers and Curriculum Developers; The Teaching Process; Teaching Learners Vocabulary; Proposals for Teachers as Examiners; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Concluding Remarks; Appendix One -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level One); Appendix Two -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level Two)
- Appendix Three -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level Three) References; Index of Personal Names; Back cover
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
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- Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Foreword ; Preface ; Contents ; CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction; Background; A Kenyan Historical Perspective; Rationale for a Cognitive Study of Reading and Comprehension; An Overview of the Book; CHAPTER TWO -- Reading and Comprehension: An Overview; What Happens When We Read; Definitions of Reading; Approaches Taken by Readers in Reading; A Basic Theoretical Framework about Reading; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE -- Reading and Comprehension: A Theoretical Framework; Comprehension and Vocabulary; Models of the Reading Process
- The Bottom-Up and Top-Down (Interactive) Processes of ReadingThe Cognitive Implications of Reading-Theories; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR -- Reading and Comprehension: Cognitive Components; Reading; Memory; Memory and Perception; Memory and Words; Memory and Comprehension; Schema and Perception; Vocabulary and Reading Performance; Relationship between Knowledge of Word Meanings and Comprehension; Word Meanings, Schema, and Reading Comprehension ; Strategies for Reading; Learning English as a Second Language; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE -- Reading and Comprehension: Techniques of Assessment
- Approaches of Reading AssessmentThe Informal Reading Inventory (IRI); The Oral Reading Miscue Analysis (ORMA); The Cloze Test; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX -- Reading and Comprehension: Some Practical Applications; Extensive Reading; Some Possible Approaches for Teachers and Curriculum Developers; The Teaching Process; Teaching Learners Vocabulary; Proposals for Teachers as Examiners; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Concluding Remarks; Appendix One -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level One); Appendix Two -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level Two)
- Appendix Three -- A Reading and Comprehension Exercise (Level Three) References; Index of Personal Names; Back cover
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- EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials | Reading & Phonics
- EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics
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- Reading (Secondary) -- Africa
- Reading comprehension
- Reading comprehension -- Africa
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