Comprehension, or extracting meaning from what you read, is the ultimate goal of reading. Experienced readers take this for granted and may not appreciate the reading comprehension skills required. The process of comprehension is both interactive and strategic. Rather than passively reading text, readers must analyze it, internalize it and make it their own.In order to learn comprehension strategies, learners need modeling, practice, and feedback. The key comprehension strategies are described below:PredictingWhen learners make predictions about the text they are about to read, it sets up expectations based on their prior knowledge about similar topics. As they read, they may mentally revise their prediction as they gain more information.Identifying the Main Idea and SummarizationRequires that learners determine what is important and then put it in their own words. Implicit in this process is trying to understand the author’s purpose in writing the text.QuestioningAsking and answering questions about text is another strategy that helps learners focus on the meaning of text. Teachers can help by modeling both the process of asking good questions and strategies for finding the answers in the text.Making InferencesIn order to make inferences about something that is not explicitly stated in the text, learners must learn to draw on prior knowledge and recognize clues in the text itself.VisualizingStudies have shown that learners who visualize while reading have better recall than those who do not. learners can take advantage of illustrations that are embedded in the text or create their own mental images or drawings when reading text without illustrationsComprehension English Reading test is an application providing different tests of English reading. It helps learners can practice right on the own mobile phone.The more the learners practice with this app, the more English reading skill or English understanding is improved.Based on nice and simple design, learners can read the available passages and quickly take the question test for these passages.The beginners should practice each level step by step. Try to finish all reading tests in this application to gain a big improvement of your English reading skill.Application also helps learners to finish, score and check result of all tests on the phone in the simple way. Lets keep on practicing.
Reading Comprehension Test - E
