Reading comprehension is the ability to know and understand what has been read. For example,
when you
read
a passage
about trains, you learn certain facts about this form of transport. Once
you have finished reading, your teacher may ask you questions to find out how well you
understood the passage. The meaning of a passage lies within the material being read, and you
may
understand or comprehend the meaning when you read a given passage. This can be termed
as 'local comprehension.
2 Recently, another idea about reading comprehension has become more common. Instead of
simply asking the reader what meaning he or she has obtained from a given passage, a teacher
may stress the importance of what ideas the passage stimulates in the reader's mind. These ideas
or these feelings are influenced by the reader's own experience of what he or she is reading about.
So when you read about trains, you may remember some of your own experiences when you
were once travelling on or looking at trains. Words such as 'engine', 'station', or "passenger' have
their own special meaning for you. For one person, an article about trains might bring memories
of the time when a train he was in was three hours late because of a terrible storm. Another
person might remember a train journey to a hill station during a holiday. A third person might
a story she read about an exciting railway mp in a foreign land. Each reader 'comprehends'
in a different manner. This can be termed as global comprehension.
Word-meanings
1. recenty—not long ago; 2. stimulate--to make more active: 3. terriblem
of great intensity, 4. recall-
remember.
recall 4
Questions
(2) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it. Use recognizable
abbreviations wherever necessary. Give a suitable title to the passage
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words.
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