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It is accessibly written for students and professionals with no previous background in the psychology of reading or reading problems.   This indispensable handbook asks the question ‘what is comprehension?’ The authors consider comprehension of different units of language: understanding single words, sentences, and connected prose and outline what readers (and listeners) have to do to successfully understand an extended text. This book also considers comprehension for different purposes, in particular reading for pleasure and reading to learn and explores how reader characteristics such as interest and motivation can influence the comprehension process.   Different skills contribute to successful reading comprehension. These include word reading ability, vocabulary knowledge, syntactic skills, memory, and discourse level skills such as the ability to make inferences, knowledge about text structure, and metacognitive skills. The authors discuss how each one contributes to the development of reading comprehension skill and how the development of these skills (or their precursors) in pre-readers, provides the foundation for reading comprehension development.   Areas covered include:-         Word reading and comprehension      Development of comprehension skills      Comprehension difficulties      Assessment      Teaching for improvement  Throughout the text successful experimental and classroom based interventions will be highlighted, practical tips for teachers and summary boxes detailing key points and explaining technical terms will be included in each chapter","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530394280209,"sku":"CIN0415698316G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50097165926673,"sku":"GOR008752438","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50310480625937,"sku":"CIN0415698316VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50697114517777,"sku":"NGR9780415698313","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51002270908689,"sku":"NIN9780415698313","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51256245289233,"sku":"GOR014209853","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52109104185617,"sku":"GOR008710194","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52475751792913,"sku":"NLS9780415698313","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0415698316.jpg?v=1751292218"},{"product_id":"reading-development-and-the-teaching-of-reading-book-jane-oakhill-9780631206828","title":"Reading Development and the Teaching of Reading","description":"This volume demonstrates how psychological research helps us to better understand the reading process and its development.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49573780422929,"sku":"GOR004953421","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49619648872721,"sku":"GOR003683158","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52338095718673,"sku":"NLS9780631206828","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0631206825.jpg?v=1750699933"},{"product_id":"becoming-a-skilled-reader-book-jane-oakhill-9780631157762","title":"Becoming a Skilled Reader","description":"A child must be able to do more than decode single words to become a skilled or fluent reader. 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