Author(s): Del Merrick

Education and Textbooks

This guide is a vital reference for anyone wanting to improve their reading comprehension. It clearly explains the range of strategies required to be an effective reader. The book is divided into two sections. Section 1 -- covers a variety of social and cultural contexts and explores the differences between printed, visual and non-verbal texts. Section 2 -- focuses on developing specific strategies that can be applied to a broad range of fiction and non-fiction text types. These include: Previewing Making connections Predicting Visualising Monitoring Reflecting Retelling Summarising Each section contains simple definitions, sample texts and a quick TRY THIS quiz to allow students to consolidate and test their new knowledge. The book also includes: a comprehensive glossary a detailed index Australian Curriculum correlations answers for all TRY THIS quizzes.