OW TO LEARN READING ALOUD WORD CLEARING
Reading Aloud Word Clearing is a way of finding the words a person doesn’t understand in a book or other written material by having him read it aloud to the Word Clearer [one who helps another locate and clear up words the student has misunderstood].
It is very simple and precise and it can be done by students on one another with great success. Reading Aloud Word Clearing does not require expertise.
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MISUNDERSTOOD WORDS
A student, when reading by himself, often does not know he has gone past misunderstood words. But whenever he does go by misunderstood words, he will have trouble with what he is reading.
A misunderstood word keeps a person from duplicating what the written materials actually say.
A word can be misunderstood in many different ways and it is important that these different types of misunderstoods are known to the person doing Reading Aloud Word Clearing. A word can be misunderstood because of a false (totally wrong) definition, an incorrect definition, an incomplete definition, an unsuitable definition, a homonymic (one word which has two or more distinctly separate meanings) definition, a substitute (synonym – a word which has a similar but not the same meaning) definition, a no (omitted) definition, a rejected (by the person himself, usually due to a false datum) definition or an invented (by the person himself, usually due to a false datum) definition.
WHY READING ALOUD WORD CLEARING WORKS
A student who understands all the words on the page he is reading will be able to read the page aloud perfectly. He will feel bright and alert and will fully understand what he reads. But when a student passes a word or symbol he doesn’t understand, the misunderstood causes an interruption of his voice or physical beingness. His voice may change, or he may stumble on a word or make a face or squint his eyes or react in some other way.
This is easy to understand if you remember that a person can go blank after he passes a word or symbol he doesn’t understand. He may make a mistake in his reading right there at the point of the misunderstood, or he may continue reading past the misunderstood and make a mistake on a later word or symbol. He will feel duller and he will try to make up for the dull feeling by reading with more effort. This will always be expressed by a nonoptimum action of some kind which must be noted and handled at once by the Word Clearer.
TYPES OF
MISUNDERSTOOD WORDS
A false
(totally wrong)
definition
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An invented
(by the person himself,
usually due to a false datum)
definition
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An incorrect definition
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An incomplete definition
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An unsuitable definition
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A homonymic
(one word which has two or
more distinctly separate meanings)
definition
*
A substitute
(synonym—a word which has
a similar but not the same meaning)
definition
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An omitted (missing) definition
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A no-definition
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A rejected
(by the person himself,
usually due to a false datum)
definition
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