[ramya.venkataraman@centa.org]

Hi all,

When you guide your students to improve their reading comprehension, do you ask them to read the passage first or read the questions first, or any mix of the two approaches? It would be useful for many teachers here to know more about each other’s experiences on this.

thanks!
Ramya Venkataraman
CEO, CENTA

• This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by ramya.venkataraman@centa.org.

[Sumita Sachdeva]

yes, its a good approach either to go for passage or for questions. Thanks for sharing it.

[Meenu Bhalla]

First the child needs to read the passage once,then he can switch to questions,in case of need he can again go back to passagepassage to choose right answer

[Anita Jain]

Students must read the passage first. Then they should go through the questions and mark the sentences  from passage after itto answer them

[savithapsuresh@gmail.com]

i let the students read the passage first and then move on with the questions

[Rashmi Dua]

I suggest students to read the questions first. Then take questions one by one and go to the passage to look for answer.

 

[sahumohanchandra54@gmail.com]

As per my concern students should read the comprehension passage first so that they can find the vocabulary and summary of the passage to find the exact answer of the given questions.

[B Kiruthika]

I guide to go with passage first then questions. Reading once again passage helps to write answers in their own word rather than as it is in the passage

When competitive exams I prefer to read questions then passage

[neerug304@gmail.com]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I use the techniques – skimming & scanning. To begin with, it’s skimming (quick reading) – getting a general ideas, followed by reading questions, thereafter scanning to find the specific information/ answers.</p>

[Kirtijeetu@gmail.com]

I encourage my students to read the passage first then question.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>In my view selective reading can cause them  to miss the main point.
They may struggle with questions that don’t have line references or questions that ask about the passage’s main idea.</p>

[Kirtijeetu@gmail.com]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I encourage my students to read the passage first then question. In my view selective reading can cause them to miss the main point. They may struggle with questions that don’t have line references or questions that ask about the passage’s main idea.</p>

[Vividha Jadhav]

According to me, reading questions first can limit the child’s ability to go through the paragraph in a conscious manner. He may start to search for the answers without comprehending the paragraph (which is the goal of the exercise). Slimming through the paragraph to get a gist of it before moving on to the question and then back may prove more helpful.

[Vividha Jadhav]

According to me, reading questions first can limit the child’s ability to go through the paragraph in a conscious manner. He may start to search for the answers without comprehending the paragraph (which is the goal of the exercise). Skimming through the paragraph to get a gist of it before moving on to the question and then back may prove more helpful.

[Meenakshi Vyas]

I think students should read passage first and then proceed to questions.

[sgsinghc001@gmail.com]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I feel that it is better if  the students read the questions first and then go through the comprehension passage. This will lead to the rise in curiosity among students  and so they will eagerly read it to find answers.</p>

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