Reading (intro)

Question 1

Definitions

Answer 1

Goodman(1971)

Reading is a cyclical process
- reader constructs a text by
Sampling, predicting, testing and confirming

Solomon (2004)
There are lot of information in the internet however reading is needed to make use of the knowledge.

Nassaji (2003) 
Not a single factor process
Involves
-Linguistic 
-Cognitive
- Non linguistic skills. 

Reading can be defined as process and a product

Process
In the past ➡️ passive and receptive
Culminating in creating a written product.

Shannon (1989)
An act of memorizing➡️ that reproduces factual information when questioned.

Reading as a process
Wallace (2001)
Dynamic relationships between text and reader

Ajideh (2003)
Draws from existing linguistic and schematic knowledge
Input provided by the printed written text.