Which one of the following could be "the while reading activity" when doing a short story?

Which one of the following could be "the while reading activity" when doing a short story? Correct Answer Learners discuss to predict the events in the story

Language skills are necessary for effective communication in any environment and to interact with others. It allows an individual to comprehend and produce language for proper and effective interpersonal communication.

  • The four basic language skills and their natural order are listening-speaking-reading-writing. These foundational skills of language are divided into two categories which are receptive and productive skills.

Key Points

Reading can be approached in several ways, however intensive reading calls for a set of steps to facilitate classroom transactions. These include pre-reading, while reading and post-reading.  

Pre-Reading:

  • Pre-reading tasks are framed in order to stimulate learner interest and prepare them for the challenges (linguistic and semantic) that they’re likely to face in the reading text. These help the learners in focusing on the text ahead.
  • Example of Pre-Reading task or question in the context of an NCERT Chapter “An Indian- American woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla’: Can you think of people who’ve been to space or have contributed to our knowledge of space?

While-Reading:

  • The while reading stage can be called the meaning-making stage. The tasks designed for while reading stage help learners to predict the events in the story to comprehend the text at various levels.
  • Example of While-Reading task or question in the context of an NCERT Chapter “An Indian- American woman in Space: Where was Kalpana Chawla born? Why is she called an Indian–American?

Post-Reading

  • Post-reading tasks help the learners in building upon their previous knowledge, relating the newly acquired knowledge to what they knew before and connecting it with the world outside the classroom.
  • Example of Post-Reading task or question in the context of an NCERT Chapter “An Indian- American woman in Space: Debate/ Discussion on girls must be given equal opportunity to pursue their dreams.

Hence, from the above-mentioned points, it becomes clear that learners discuss to predict the events in the story could be "the while reading activity" when doing a short story.

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