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How to Repair a Break Down in
Reading Comprehension
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•Make a connection between the
text and your life, your
knowledge of the world, or
another text.
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•Make a prediction. Think about
what the author is going to
discuss in the next section or
chapter before you continue.
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• Stop and think about what you have
already read. Do not hurry through
your reading. Make sure you break
and reflect on what you have just
read before continuing.
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•Ask yourself a question related to
the reading and try to answer it. If
you can’t then go back and reread
for the answer.
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•Reflect in writing on what you have
read. When you have completed
a section or chapter, stop and
write about what you have just
read.
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•Visualize. Make the words into
pictures in your head. This type of
engagement with the text, allows
you to “see” the material and
understand the material in a new
way.
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•Use print conventions as clues for
meaning- how do things like
punctuation, CAPITALIZATION,
italicized and bolded words or
larger text give meaning to the
reading?
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•Retell what you’ve read. Restate
the main ideas of the text you just
read to a friend, family member,
or maybe just aloud to yourself.
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•Reread. Do not be afraid or
too lazy to take the time to
reread a text if you are having
difficulty with comprehension.
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•Notice patterns in text structure. A technique to help with comprehension is to notice repetitions in the words, sentence and paragraph structures, and sections of the reading that can help you as you continue to read.
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•Adjust your reading rate: slow
down or speed up.
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• “Academic Support Guides: Reading Comprehension.” Cuesta
College.
http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/300INDEX.HTM
• Krieg, Elaine G. Strategies for College Readers. New York:
Longman, 2008. Print.
• “Study Skills Activities: Reading as a Study Skill.” Montana
State Literacy Resources: A Service of the National Institute of
Literacy.
http://www.nwlincs.org/mtlincs/pilotproject/studyskills/studyskills
index.htm