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COMPREHENSION STRATEGY [1 record]

Record 1 2004-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

A conscious plan that readers use to make sense of [a] text.

OBS

Effective readers employ such strategies automatically prior to reading, as they read and once they have finished reading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Méthode qui permet aux lecteurs de saisir le sens d'un texte[...]

OBS

[Le lecteur se pose] des questions comme : Y a-t-il un lien avec ce que je sais déjà? Quelles images ce texte évoque-t-il pour moi? Y a-t-il une façon plus simple de dire ce qui est écrit là?

Spanish

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