Skills and strategies for reading comprehension
Skills and strategies
While these two terms are often used together, it is important to distinguish between them.
Skills are the basic building blocks of reading and once taught can be put into effect subconsciously by the reader. An example of such a skill would be the sound-symbol relationship, which is a recognition skill. According to Winch et al (2010), sound-symbol relationships are taught to become automatic and routine for students - a vital part of the reading process.
Strategies on the other hand can be seen as techniques that are applied consciously by the reader in order for them to gain a better understanding of the text they are reading. Examples of such strategies include predicting and scanning. These are strategies in which the reader is "thinking about (their own) thinking" and they are therefore also known as metacognitive strategies.
While these two terms are often used together, it is important to distinguish between them.
Skills are the basic building blocks of reading and once taught can be put into effect subconsciously by the reader. An example of such a skill would be the sound-symbol relationship, which is a recognition skill. According to Winch et al (2010), sound-symbol relationships are taught to become automatic and routine for students - a vital part of the reading process.
Strategies on the other hand can be seen as techniques that are applied consciously by the reader in order for them to gain a better understanding of the text they are reading. Examples of such strategies include predicting and scanning. These are strategies in which the reader is "thinking about (their own) thinking" and they are therefore also known as metacognitive strategies.