Learning to read starts with the sounds of different letters (decoding words). A fluent reader has moved beyond the sounds in each individual word to recognition and the meaning of each word. This then extends to the understanding of sentences. If people are still decoding words, they may reach the end of the sentence and have no recollection of what they read at the beginning of the sentence. Clearly this compromises progress. This course has been designed to enhance students’ reading skills. There are fifteen extracts, each followed by content-based questions. Students are able to monitor their own reading rate as the reading of the extract will be timed. Following this, they will be required to answer the questions from memory without access to the extract. This will allow the students to assess themselves in terms of reading for meaning which translates into comprehending what they read.
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