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Effective Reading as a Dialogue: Understanding Text through Conversation

Effective reading transforms text into a dialogue between reader and writer. Like a two-way street, readers engage with authors to pull in information and make sense of what they read. Sometimes, authors "shout" key points, which are easy to grasp, while at other times, they "whisper" nuanced ideas that require deeper comprehension. Recognizing and interpreting these subtle cues aids in critically analyzing texts and the ideologies behind them. This approach to reading enriches understanding and enhances communication with the text, meeting academic expectations.

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Effective Reading as a Dialogue: Understanding Text through Conversation

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  1. Sometimes Reading for school can seem like a street--- with just the writer doing all the communicating,

  2. Reading is a 2-way street • But effective reading is really like a conversation between the reader and writer:

  3. What do you mean? • Through the conversation readers pull in information the author put into the text and makes sense of it using their prior knowledge.

  4. Look… • Sometimes, a passage from a text will be loud and clear to you—as if the author is shouting. (the author tends to do most of the work when she or he is shouting) • (Hint:shouts are the information that we often find on comprehension tests.)

  5. Do you hear that? • Sometimes, an author whispers to the reader –this is information that is not so obvious to the reader—(in this type of conversation, the reader tends to do a lot more work. ) What’s that I hear??

  6. Hearing what the author whispers is what we often call reading between the lines • These whispers can shed light on what the author says and does • It also helps us go beyond these aspects and critically construct understanding about the text and its author

  7. So what? • Some of this extra knowledge is vital for critically analyzing a text and the ideology that helped produce it. • You can easily multiply the knowledge you construct from and about a text by reading inferentially

  8. What else? • Having something to say about a text/author you might be uninterested in, unfamiliar with and bored by… • (whisper: there’s no excuses!!!) • Building up your writing • Meeting Faculty expectations: • Quality & quantity • Being able to articulate and support your claims

  9. Whose responsible? Since reading and writing form conversations, all participants share responsibility for:

  10. The quality of Information… Clarity Honesty Accounting for error, misinformation, biases, etc

  11. Start with opposites ≠ Shout:“I’m a registered Republican” Whisper: Person is not a registered Democrat

  12. Make probable - -not certain inferences based on PK of Party Ideologies Wants strong military Wants Low taxes

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