Course: Comprehension Module 3 : Comprehension Strategies
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Comprehension Module 3 : Comprehension Strategies
About this course: This course on comprehension strategies is designed for new teachers as well as teachers who are looking for a refresher course on teaching the subject. The course begins with an overview of the reading and comprehension processes and goes on to show how the comprehension lesson can be organised into 3 stages or phases in the classroom. The strategies for teaching comprehension at each of the 3 stages are introduced together with relevant activities for students to work on. Three demo lessons accompany the video, and these are based on 2 texts, one fiction and two non-fiction. The demo lessons show teachers how to apply the strategies for reading and how to help students make their thinking visible. Teachers will get hands-on practice using these texts. All materials, sample answers, and the transcript of the lesson are included in this course.
- What is Reading? 03:25 min
- What is Comprehension? 05:16 min
- The Stages of a Comprehension Lesson 05:48 min
- Pre-Reading Strategies 15:22 min
- During-Reading Strategies 37:13 min
Demo 1: Instant Noodle; Demo 2: The Bully
- Post-Reading Strategies 05:31 min
- Demo 3: Flying Kite 11:16 min
- Organising your class for Comprehension 07:42 min
If you need further assistance kindly contact us at learningv28@gmail.com or +65 62569785.
Taught by: Dr Yin Mee Cheah
Yin Mee Cheah is a partner and the principal consultant at Learning Ventures. Yin Mee’s mission, through Learning Ventures, is to inspire teachers to be lifelong learners and impactful educators.
Yin Mee has been a popular in-service trainer to primary schools in Singapore since 1998. She has taught more than 800 in-service courses in over 150 primary schools in Singapore. Her more popular courses included courses on reading, writing, oral skills and assessment.
Yin Mee has been in the education service for 40 years. Between 1985 and 1998, Yin Mee was a lecturer at the National Institute of Education where she was a pioneer specializing in the training of pre and in-service primary school teachers. Before that she spent several years teaching in a secondary school and a junior college.
Yin Mee has also worked as a linguistic and education consultant to publishers, learning centres, IT companies, schools, and the Ministry of Education.
Yin Mee’s academic achievements:
•Ph.D. (Education) 1994, University of California at Berkeley
Dissertation: Language and Cultural Identity: An ethnographic study of English language education in Singapore
• M.A. (Education) 1987, Stanford University
• Dip. Appl. Linguistics (with distinction) 1984, RELC, Singapore
• Dip. Ed., 1979, Institute of Education, National University of Singapore
• B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Upper, 1977, University of Malaya
Learning Ventures
Learning Ventures was established in 1998 and provides courses in English language pedagogy and professional communication for teachers. These courses include the teaching of reading, writing, listening, grammar, oral communication and assessment skills. Courses on professional writing and communication in school settings for teachers’ own personal development are also available.