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4. Reading Comprehension Skill
Dallman 1982: 133 states that there are various skills that make the ability to comprehend what is read. These specific skills may be classified as
follows: a the purpose of the reader and b the length and nature of the selection read.
a. The skills Classified According to the Reader’s Purpose The skills dependent upon the reader’s purpose are classified into nine
levels of comprehension skills: 1. Reading to find main idea
: to get the general idea of a selection. 2. Reading to select significant details
: to note important details. 3. Reading to answer question
: to answer question. 4. Reading to summarize and organize
: to make summaries and organizes what he reads. 5. Reading to arrive at generalization
: to note specific instances and then decide whether the data presented are sufficient to warrant a significant conclusion.
6. Reading to follow direction : to note details to organize, and to note the sequence of events.
7. Reading to predict outcomes : to predict each sentences in a paragraph
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8. Reading to evaluate critically : to make critical evaluations of what is read.
9. Reading graphs, tables, charts, and maps : to recognize the value of tables, charts, graphs, and maps.
b. Skills Classified to the Structure or the Length of Reading Unit 1. Phrase meaning
: skill in comprehension of phrases 2. Sentence meaning
: skill to comprehend a complex sentence 3. Paragraph meaning
: skill to comprehend the main idea, selecting important details, answering questions, arriving at generalizations, and following in a
paragraph. 4. Comprehension of longer selections
: skill to comprehend longer selections, special attention needs to be paid to the mains of reading stories, articles, chapters, and book.
Anderson in Aebersold and Field 1997: 16 states that successful readers can comprehend the text well if they are able to:
1. recognize words 2. analyze unfamiliar words
3. read for meaning, concentrate on constructing meaning 4. guess about the meaning of the text
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Kennedy 1987: 204 also states that the term of general comprehension skills refer to the ability to understand and interpret the meaning of words,
sentences and paragraphs and it must be taught systematically from the beginning of formal reading instruction.
5. Question Technique in Reading Comprehension Skills
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