Ms Germaine Cheong

Comprehension Reading Technique

Reciprocal Teaching Webquest (Part 1)

WHAT IS RECIPROCAL TEACHING?

Reciprocal Teaching…

Introduction to Reciprocal

Teaching

The 4 Steps of RT

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Reciprocal Teaching (RT) is a reading technique which occurs in the form of a dialogue between teachers and students in the understanding of a comprehension passage.

The purpose of RT is to facilitate group effort between teacher and students and/or among students to bring meaning to a comprehension passage.

The 4 steps of RT are - Predicting, Clarifying, Questioning and Summarising.

INTRODUCTION

The comprehension passage is divided into paragraphs and the 4 steps are carried out for each paragraph of the passage.

1. Predicting: Students will try to predict what the author will discuss in the next segment of the text.

2. Clarifying: Students will clarify difficult words, phrases and ideas.

3. Questioning: Students will generate questions which help with understanding the passage better. Answers will be formed through clues found in the passage.

4. Summarising: Students will summarise the main points/idea in each paragraph.

THE 4 STEPS OF RT

When Predicting: •you can use the title/headings/paragraph to help you guess or think what the passage or next paragraph is about.

When Clarifying:•You should pick out and clarify words, phrases or ideas that are unclear or unfamiliar to you in the paragraph/passage.

When Questioning:•You should use the questioning words such as ‘who, what, where, when, why, what if, how’, as you ask yourself questions and find related answers in the paragraph/passage.

When Summarising:•After reading the paragraph/passage, you should summarise the main points or key ideas for each paragraph.

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