Understanding Reading Comprehension by Wayne Tennent

Understanding Reading Comprehension by Wayne Tennent

Can baboons read? That is the thought-provoking question that opens this wonderfully accessible book for trainee and practising primary school teachers to fully understand the process of reading comprehension. It develops subject knowledge and provides practical strategies and lesson ideas to teach comprehension confidently.

′Much attention has been placed on the decoding aspect of reading and far less on the hugely complex twin process of comprehending textsWayne Tennent’s scholarly but accessible book helps to redress the imbalance. The author explains the key issues and offers practical guidance on how teachers can best support children to fully comprehend what they read. The book is timely and will become essential reading for all primary teachers.′

-- Jeni Riley
′Comprehensive, authoritative and timely, this book is informed by thorough analysis of research in the field and provides an insightful and invaluable guide to the teaching of reading comprehension. This is an essential resource for training and practising teachers, teacher educators and researchers.′
-- Mary Anne Wolpert
This book addresses the teaching of reading comprehension from a pedagogically informed position. It provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of historical, international and current research into the teaching of reading comprehension and is illuminated by the author’s own extensive experience of working and researching with children. -- Mary Anne Wolport

Wayne Tennent is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University of London. His co-authored book Guiding Readers – Layers of Meaning was published in 2016 and won the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) academic book of the year award. He is a Brunel Global Citizen Award Winner, as nominated by the students, for his work in promoting a critical awareness of ‘race’ and gender in texts used for teaching. He works with schools, both nationally and internationally, developing pedagogical practices to support teaching for reading comprehension. Previously, he taught for many years, mainly in London, but also in Greece, Brunei and New Zealand. He continues to work with children on a regular basis.

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ISBN 13	9781446273180
ISBN 10	1446273180
Title	Understanding Reading Comprehension
Author	Wayne Tennent
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2014-11-13
Number of pages	224
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