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Who Kicked? How to Improve Reading Comprehension in tweens, teens and adults (+3 tips to improve comprehension)
· 27 min · S2 E29
Episode Who Kicked? How to Improve Reading Comprehension in tweens, teens and adults (+3 tips to improve comprehension)
If you've been searching for how to improve reading comprehension for your tween, teen, or even yourself, this episode hands you the missing piece that everyone forgets to share. Plus you’ll find three fixes you can try this week.
Somewhere between Middle School and High School the format of our books change. The sentences get longer, twistier, and they start hiding "who did what to whom" inside layers of clauses. So someone who was a perfectly fine reader in the lower grades can suddenly hit a wall in reading comprehension. New research suggests that understanding sentence structure can provide improved comprehension in older students.
In this episode, I walk you through that research in plain English, including the sneaky little sentence that inspired this title.
After listening, you'll:
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Know why readers suddenly struggle in the upper grades, and why it's not laziness, attention, or too much screen time.
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Be able to spot the exact moment a tricky sentence derails your child's understanding, using one simple question that takes thirty seconds.
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Have three practical ways to improve comprehension at home this week, including the one technique with the strongest research behind it.
• Understand what not to waste your time on. • Walk away knowing a short list of learnable patterns.
If your older student is hitting this wall and you're wondering whether this is the missing piece or something more, let's figure it out together. Book a free 15-minute consultation at The Literacy Keys
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Cheers,
Tracy Young, Orton Gillingham Tutor
The Literacy Keys
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Resources mentioned:
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Natalie Wexler, "A (Relatively) Easy Way to Boost Reading Comprehension"
Chapters
00:00 How to improve reading comprehension
01:50 Unmasking the problem
08:10 What outperforms vocabulary in reading comprehension?
18:20 Avoid this activity
24:32 Unlock reading comprehension
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