Wayne Tennent

Understanding Reading Comprehension (eBook, ePUB)

Processes and Practices

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Reading comprehension is a vital part of literacy that all primary school teachers need to understand.

Drawing from educational and psychological research, this book offers a detailed analysis of how reading comprehension happens combined with practical teaching strategies for the classroom.

This heavily revised second edition explores the underlying linguistic and cognitive processes that support comprehension, from inference making to the role of metacognition. It builds on this procedural knowledge to examine text selection, classroom pedagogy and how to assess comprehension.

This is essential reading for primary English modules on initial teacher education courses, including university-based (PGCE, BA w/QTS, BEd) and school-based (SCITT, Teach First) routes into teaching, and also for current teachers wishing to further develop their knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526453440
• Artikelnr.: 74312451

Autorenporträt

Wayne Tennent is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University of London. His co-authored book Guiding Readers - Layers of Meaning was published in 2016 and won the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) academic book of the year award. He is a Brunel Global Citizen Award Winner, as nominated by the students, for his work in promoting a critical awareness of 'race' and gender in texts used for teaching.
He works with schools, both nationally and internationally, developing pedagogical practices to support teaching for reading comprehension. Previously, he taught for many years, mainly in London, but also in Greece, Brunei and New Zealand. He continues to work with children on a regular basis.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I Processes
Chapter 1 What does it mean to read?
Chapter 2 What does it mean to comprehend?
Chapter 3 Linguistic processes
Chapter 4 Knowledge
Chapter 5 Cognitive processes: Memory
Chapter 6 Cognitive processes: Inference making
Chapter 7 Metacognition
Chapter 8 Pulling it all together
Section II Practices
Chapter 9 Assessing reading comprehension - but NOT for learning
Chapter 10 Assessing reading for comprehension
Chapter 11 Selecting texts for teaching
Chapter 12 Teaching for comprehension: Text choice and planning
Chapter 13 Pedagogy and assessment opportunities
Chapter 14 Teaching for comprehension: pedagogy in practice

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Locating reading
Locating comprehension
SECTION 1: PROCESSES
Knowledge: of life and language
Memory and monitoring
Inference making: Definition and difficulties
Coherence inferences
Interrogative inferences
Text comprehension: uniting the separate components
SECTION 2: PRACTICES
Selecting texts
Teaching comprehension: Pedagogical principles
Teaching comprehension: Pedagogy in practice
Conclusion

Rezensionen

'Much attention has been placed on the decoding aspect of reading and far less on the hugely complex twin process of comprehending texts. Wayne Tennent s scholarly but accessible book helps to redress the imbalance. The author explains the key issues and offers practical guidance on how teachers can best support children to fully comprehend what they read. The book is timely and will become essential reading for all primary teachers.'

Jeni Riley