Friday, September 14, 2012 11:00am

Friday, September 14, 2012 11:00

Three Main Terms: (levels of comprehension)
Literal, Interpretive, Critical / Analytical

As humans, we occupy an abstract dimension and a concrete dimension in our minds.
Abstract – ideas in your head
Concrete- getting your ideas from your head to someone else’s

Literal:
- Most basic understanding of the concrete dimension
- Ability to read and understand the basics

Interpretive:
- Asking the right question to a statement.
- Understanding the meaning of what you’re reading.
- Looks at the entire message to figure out the meaning.
- Looking at the possibilities of what something means.
- Reading slowly helps in understanding or learning something you didn’t know.

Critical / Analytical :
- Finding the meaning of something and the message the author was trying to give.
- The context.

Things to Remember / Facts:
- Look up the words you don’t know.
- Language depends on prior knowledge, the things we know prior to reading or hearing something.
- Idiom – redefining a word or words, slang. Ex: ‘cool’ or ‘slinging the sods’


Assignment:
400 words, two to three paragraphs, on APA.
Focus on the main features, should include two or maybe three.
Provide an example.
Quote or paraphrase.
Word processed.
Do not cut and paste.
Due Friday, September 21st, 2012 at 11:00am.
If you’re late you’ll receive a zero.