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The Nature and Psychology of Reading

This document discusses reading as a complex process that involves receiving meaning from written symbols through sight or touch. It defines reading as comprehending the meaning of written text through interpreting characters. Reading is described as a two-way transaction between the reader and text that draws on the reader's past experiences. The document outlines key characteristics of the reading process, including that it is visual, active, and dependent on prior knowledge. It also discusses different purposes, kinds, theories and effects of reading.

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The Nature and Psychology of Reading

This document discusses reading as a complex process that involves receiving meaning from written symbols through sight or touch. It defines reading as comprehending the meaning of written text through interpreting characters. Reading is described as a two-way transaction between the reader and text that draws on the reader's past experiences. The document outlines key characteristics of the reading process, including that it is visual, active, and dependent on prior knowledge. It also discusses different purposes, kinds, theories and effects of reading.

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The Nature and

Psychology of
Reading
By: Katrina Isabelle D. Afable
What is READING?
to receive or take in the sense of (letters,
symbols, etc.) especially by sight or touch
(Merriam Webster)
the process of looking at a series of written
symbols and getting meaning from them.
is the transaction with text. (Galda, 1993)
To read is to comprehend the meaning of
something written or printed by looking at and
interpreting the written or printed characters.
(Hank, 1983)
is the recognition of printed or written symbols
which serve as stimuli for the recall of
meanings built up through the reader's past
experience (Bond and Tinker, 1967)
Characteristics 1. Reading is a complex
of the Reading process.
2. Reading is a two-way process.
Process 3. Reading is largely a visual
process.
4. Reading is an active process.
It is a thinking process.

5. Effective reading is partly


dependent on the reader's prior
knowledge.
The Purposes of Reading

1 2 3
Further your Reading Vocabulary
understanding comprehension
Kinds of Reading

Rapid reading Extensive Intensive


reading reading
involves skimming
and scanning or to read for often involves
the fastest leisure as well getting
rates at which a as for detailed
entertainment information
THEORIES in READING
1. BEHAVIORISM
> children learn language by repeating words and sentences
given by their teachers or on workbook pages. To learn to
read, children must work through and develop a series of
isolated skills.

2. COGNITIVE
> emphasizes the interactive nature of reading and the
constructive nature of comprehension. Dole et al. (1991) have
stated that, besides knowledge brought to bear on the
reading process, a set of flexible, adaptable strategies are
used to make sense of a text and to monitor ongoing
understanding.
EFFECTS of READING
1 Reading makes us well-informed.

2 Reading can be a worthwhile form of recreation.

3 Books we read can be a source of information

4 Reading can be a form of therapy.


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