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Comprehension
Comprehension involves the ability to understand what is read through either oral or silent reading. There are four levels of comprehension: literal, interpretative, critical, and application. The literal level focuses on identifying important information explicitly stated. The interpretative level requires making inferences about what is implied. The critical level involves making judgments about the validity or worth of what is read. The application level combines understandings from the lower levels to develop new ideas and insights.
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Comprehension
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- 2. In reading, theability to understand what is read; may be assessed via oral or silent reading.
- 3. A. B. C. D. Literal Level ofComprehension Interpretative Level of Comprehension Critical Level of Comprehension Application Level of Comprehension
- 4. Literal Level ofComprehension • The literal level focuses on reading the passages, hearing the words or viewing the images. It involves identifying the important and essential information. With guidance, students can distinguish between the important and less important ideas.
- 5. Interpretative Level ofComprehension • At the interpretive level, the focus shifts to reading between the lines, looking at what is implied by the material under study. It requires students to combine pieces of information in order to make inferences about the author's intent and message. Guiding students to recognize these perceived relationships promotes understanding and decreases the risk of being overwhelmed by the complexities of the text being viewed, heard or read.
- 6. Critical Level ofComprehension • The principal focus of this level of comprehension is the aspect of evaluation . Critical level of comprehension is the judgment of validity or worth of what is read or heard , based on sound criteria of standards developed through previous experiences .
- 7. Application Level ofComprehension • Understandings at the literal and interpretive levels are combined, reorganized and restructured at the applied level to express opinions, draw new insights and develop fresh ideas. Guiding students through the applied level shows them how to synthesize information, to read between the lines and to develop a deeper understanding of the concepts, principles and implications presented in the text.