Скачать или смотреть Improving reading comprehension - The reading house model

The goal of teaching reading is to enable children to comprehend written texts. To do this, pupils need to build both word reading and language comprehension skills. These two key components of reading are supported by a broad academic consensus and underpinned by research evidence.

The ‘reading comprehension house’ illustrates that word reading and language comprehension are underpinned by a number of other building blocks of reading.

These component parts build on one another and connect together as children learn to read. The left-hand side of the house illustrates that to become proficient at word reading, children need to build an awareness of the sound structures of language (phonological awareness) and knowledge of how language is represented in writing (print knowledge).

The right-hand side of the house illustrates that to build strong language comprehension skills, pupils need to develop an understanding of grammar and syntax and build up a wide-ranging vocabulary.