What is Reading Comprehension?
Reading between the lines, not just the words
Reading comprehension goes far beyond decoding words on a page. It's the ability to build meaning from text, infer what's implied but not stated, and connect new information to what you already know. Strong comprehension is what separates someone who finishes a chapter from someone who actually understood it.
Comprehension demands several abilities working together: vocabulary, working memory (holding earlier parts of the passage in mind), background knowledge (recognizing references and assumptions), and inferential reasoning (filling in what the author didn't spell out). Strong readers do all of this almost effortlessly, often unaware of how much they're inferring. The most powerful way to build comprehension is reading widely across topics, which expands the background knowledge that makes inference faster and more accurate.
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