EDR 110 - Exercise No. 2
EDR 110 - Exercise No. 2
I.Exploratory Essay
1. What is Remedial Reading? (5points)
Remedial reading is a change in instruction that helps remedy a
weakness in the area of reading. It is a highly effective short-term intervention
of tutoring struggling readers in both an individualized and small group
setting.
2. How can we diagnose the reading difficulties among learners? (5 points)
A diagnosis begins with the gathering of information gained
from interviews, observations and testing. This information is collected
by various members of a team that includes the classroom teacher(s),
speech/language pathologist, educational assessment specialist(s), and
medical personnel (if co-occurring difficulties related to development,
health or attention are suspected).
3. Design an Assessment Task for each type of reading – selective, perceptive,
interactive, and extensive. (20 points)
Selective Reading- Tasks at this level have a combination of form- focused
and meaning-focused objectives but with more
emphasis on meaning. Assessment task is Cloze task and Scanning.
Extensive reading - It involves somewhat longer texts. Journal articles,
technical reports, longer essays, short stories and books fall into this category.
Reading of this type of discourse almost always involves a focus on meaning
using mostly top-down processing, with only occasional use of targeted
bottom-up strategy. Task can be short answer task, scanning and ordering.
III. Enumeration
A. Enumerate the following:
1. Types of Reading Difficulties under Word Recognition (20)
a. Word-by-word reading caused by over dependence on phonics,
failure to recognize sight words instantly, failure to comprehend,
or may be a bad habit.
b. Incorrect phrasing caused by insufficient word recognition and
comprehension.
c. Poor pronunciation caused by weak in phonics or reader is with
hearing defects.
d. Omission caused by insufficient word recognition
e. Repetitions caused by poor word recognition, poor word analysis or
development of bad habit.
f. Failure to develop a strong enough visual image for the word and
students immaturity.
g. Substitution are caused by carelessness in reading.
h. Basic sights word not known.
i. Sight vocabulary not up to grade level.
j. Lack knowledge of the alphabet.
k. Unable to use context clues.
l. Consonants and vowel sound not known.
m. Lacks desirable structural analysis.
n. Inadequate vocabulary and comprehension.
2. Factors that Influence Reading Proficiency (3)
a. Ineffective and untrained teachers
b. Lack of instructional materials
c. Researcher have shown that pupil: who were read to when they were 2
years old often successful readers.
3. Characteristics of Poor Readers (7)
a. Lack of comprehension skills
b. Wrong pronunciations
c. Retarded readers
d. More word miscues
e. Learners with speech difficulties
B. Enumerate and explain:
Three (3) Genres of Reading (5 points each)
ACADEMIC READING are reading which include reading of General interest
articles like in magazines and newspapers Technical reports(e.g., lab reports),
professional journal articles, Reference material, Textbooks, Essays, papers, Test
directions, Editorials and opinion writing.
JOB- RELATED READING are genres of reading like for examples Messages(e.g.,
phone messages) Letters/emails Memos, Reports, Schedules, labels, signs,
announcements Forms, applications, questionnaires Financial documents (bills,
invoice) Directories(telephone, office) Manuals, directions.
PERSONAL READING are genres of reading where in we do it in our usual routine
like for example, reading Newspapers and magazines Letters, emails, greeting cards,
invitations Messages, notes, lists, Schedules(train, bus, plane), Recipes, menus, maps,
calendars, Advertisements, Novels, short stories, jokes, drama, and poetry.