DEVELOPING STUDENTS' READING SKILLS BY MEANS OF BLOGS
Keywords:
blogs, reading comprehension, interaction, information resource, technology, web tools.Abstract
Reading comprehension refers the level of the students’ understanding of a text which the understanding comes from the interaction between the words that are written and how they catch knowledge outside the text. It is one necessary subskill that is defining importance. Reading comprehension skill depends on the knowledge of vocabulary, background knowledge, the ability to recognize words quickly and comfortably on the knowledge of letter-sound agreement and common spelling patterns, the mastership of phonics and word analysis skills, and the development of automatic recognition of many words (Pearson Education, 2010: 3). However, a skill that needs to be fostered over many years is reading with understanding and meaning although students learn the mechanics of reading in the early elementary grades.
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