June 18, 2013

Decoding Multisyllabic Words and Vocabulary Development

Reading Strategies

Many students have trouble reading longer, multisyllabic words. They often look at the beginning of the word and guess at the rest of it, which usually leads to errors and thus affects their comprehension. I like to follow a plan that combines decoding the words more carefully using syllabication rules—there are 6 syllable types—with using  read more…

How do anaphoric expressions impact reading comprehension?

Anaphoria!

When students have trouble comprehending a text they are reading, it could be due to confusion about anaphoric expressions. Anaphora is when one word or phrase stands for, or refers to, another word or phrase in a text. A reader may have trouble following what a simple term like “it” or “them” refers to, which  read more…