Taylor
Gonzalez
EDRD
7715
Dr.
Ritchie
June
7, 2012
When asked my
personal theory of reading, I stressed the importance of gaining meaning from
the text as well as being able to recall details from a text. After reading
about the three views of reading instruction, I knew right away that I agreed
with the third view. I have found that when working with a small group of
students during a reading lesson, although they were able to read the text,
they often times had a rather difficult time answering comprehension questions
as well as recalling main ideas from the story. This type of view is referred
to as a psycholinguistic view of reading,
After reading
chapters one and two in Weaver’s book, I have found a greater meaning to the
skills approach as well as the comprehensive literacy approach. The
sociopsycholinguistic approach also known as the comprehensive literacy
approach, addresses the importance of establishing meaning when reading a text.
With this particular approach, students are using phonics to construct meaning
within a text. There is a
transaction between the mind of the reader and the language of the text.
Through this, there are often time’s a variety of “social and situational
factors, a variety of contexts that affect the activation of one’s schemas, and
the outcomes of the reader-text transaction” (Weaver, 2002, p.26.)
The skills
approach deals with phonemes, letter-sound relationships and patterns, and
fluency. With this type of approach, students are starting from a smaller piece
of language such as identifying words and working their way upwards to develop a
meaning in the text in order to comprehend what they have just read. This type
of approach focuses on smaller skills in language and moves up to creating
meaning behind the text. After words are identified in a reading, the skills
approach states that, “the meaning can take care of itself” (Weaver, 2002,
p.3). The chart in the book describes that the process begins with phonemic
awareness, phonics, automatic and rapid word recognition, and finally meaning.
After beginning to read about the different reading instruction approaches, I look
forward to being able to apply these views in my classroom.
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