Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fA4Ed6013066; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:39:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:39:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <117.7214387.2916ac9b@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3707] Re: reading IS comprehension X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 958 Lines: 22 Tom: Comprehension may be what we aim for, but the problem of the tax manual still exists. I can read the words fine, but I hire an accountant. An accountant knows what the words mean, knows the CONCEPTS they stand for, USES them everyday, many many times. Comprehension is lots bigger than being able to do the reading--technical variety. The words in the tax manual are surely in context--the comprehension eludes me, but not the accountant. Tax "discourse" is for a group of people who use these words among themselves and know what they mean. Tom, it's being in the context of MY life experience that counts. New knowledge that sticks, sticks onto old knowledge that I already have. One thing that bothers me about the Wilson, and I like the Wilson, is the nonsense syllables. I have students who can read them, but I think they waste time especially for students who find reading hard anyway. Give them the real stuff. Andrea
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