In a language class for 'making predictions', a teacher (T) has a conversation with students: T: Rajesh, what are we making predictions on? Rajesh: The plot of the story. T: Why are they called predictions, Irfan? Irfan: Because we need to guess what happens next. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate follow-up question to deepen students' understanding of this skill?

In a language class for 'making predictions', a teacher (T) has a conversation with students: T: Rajesh, what are we making predictions on? Rajesh: The plot of the story. T: Why are they called predictions, Irfan? Irfan: Because we need to guess what happens next. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate follow-up question to deepen students' understanding of this skill? Correct Answer <span style="">What clues does the story so far provide, on what will happen next?</span>

Reading skill refers to the well-planned reading approach which helps the learners to comprehend and perceive the meaning of the text effectively. There are different kinds of reading sub-skill and 'prediction' is one of them.

Key Points

  • Prediction is a strategy in which the readers use prior knowledge of the subject and the ideas in the text as clues to the meaning of unknown words.
  • What clues does the story so far provide, on what will happen next? - this is the most appropriate follow-up question to deepen students' understanding of prediction skills as in order to answer this question, the students have to recall details, make connections, and draw conclusions.
  • It also referred to as 'hypothesis testing' or informally as 'guessing', is an activity that is essential for reading, at all stages of the reading process. Making predictions is a strategy used by readers to anticipate what they are about to read. 

Hence, we can conclude that What clues does the story so far provide, on what will happen next? - this is the most appropriate follow-up question to deepen students' understanding of prediction skill

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