Reading and comprehension in Ghanaian secondary schools: A review

Abstract

Studems may learn how (0 read in primary school, but as they progress through school. they continue to learn how to learn from texts. Programmes in Secondary reading education have produced a reading methodology which incorporates many instructional practices from the primary school. In the past two decades. reading researchers have focused on undemanding the reading process. Research projects have undertaken to better understand how readers comprehend texts. Comprehension instruction has increased as research has discovered how people comprehend printed materials. This paper reviews the most common practices of secondary reading method against the background of common classroom practices in our schools. It traces how people comprehend printed materials through two definitions of reading and draws out their implication for teaching comprehension. It concludes with strategies for developing comprehension at the secondary school level of instruction.