Key Literacy Component: Text Comprehension Text comprehension
allows readers to extract or construct meaning from the written
word. Students who misread words or misinterpret their meanings
are at a disadvantage. Proper instruction can boost students’
skills in this key area. In this article: Comprehension is the
process of extracting or constructing meaning (building new
meanings and integrating new with old information) from words
once they have been identified . Many struggling adolescent
readers do not have difficulty reading words accurately; they
have difficulty making sense of the information and ideas
conveyed by the text [2, 3]. Comprehension varies depending on
the text being read. Even proficient readers may have difficulty
comprehending particular texts from time to time. Difficulties
with comprehension may result from a reader's unfamiliarity with
the content, style, or syntactic structures of the text [1, 4].
Even as adults, many people struggle when reading Shakespeare or
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