Leitura e compreensão : um estudo de activação semântica em alunos do 9ºano

Abstract

Reading and Comprehension is a study which purpose is to help understand whether the activation of cognitive semantics processes may lead to the improvement of the comprehension, when we use silent reading and other strategies. We select two groups of 9th grade. One worked as a control group, the other as an experimental group. After both groups have done two reading comprehension exercises, the experimental group practised reading strategies as well as reading comprehension exercises, for ten weeks, during the second and third terms of 2008/2009 school year. The control group accomplished the comprehension exercises at the same time as the experimental group, without practising any reading strategies. The analysis of the results tells us that the students of the experimental group show great improvement after being submitted to a dual route reading exercises, in what concerns the activation of the semantic component.

Date of Award	2009
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)