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CHAPTER 3
READING
COMPREHENSION
.3.1, Some lines of thought
Reading as it is viewed in EL I Course does not
forcibly include the oral performance of our students so that
intonation and pronunciation can be tested. In our specific
case, reading is- related to the ability to interpret the written
medium of English as a foreign language. Silent reading is what
generally takes place in EL I Course, since students are
assumed
to be trained to consult specific literature in English,
concerning their major disciplines.
The problems involved in the process of reading are
still open to investigation; although there is no general
agreement on what is involved in the reading or decoding process,
we intend to indicate some of the main lines of recent
thought
about that process .
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Carver - z . sorts out the skills of the fluent reader as
a base to make up a reading lesson; he views comprehension as
linked to real-life activity, and he points out three
particular
features in comprehensive work: a) the" development of reading
skills; b) acquisition of content; c) expansion of language
competence.
Among a great number of skill's Carver has
quoted:
"The ability to discover specific facts... to
see the writer's point of view... to infer
the meaning of unknown words from the context,
instead of resorting to the dictionary... to
see how one part of the text relates to