To put it simple: you read a text and you understand what they mean. When I talk about small things with the neighbor, we understand each other. If I repeat the same conversation in another part of the Netherlands, locally words (or dialect) will be …
It may sound simple, but reading comprehension actually starts with good vision. Or a sharp image. I found out about this with a student who read the text with a bit of a stutter. Some words were changed into words that resembled them. For example, …
Tutoring gives your child more self-confidence is a rather bold statement. Why? I try to describe this simply below. The word self confidence says it all. You have confidence in yourself. One more than the other. We all have things that we are not very …
Many children who come to me start with reading. They read the text with great concentration from top to bottom. I introduce a better structure during the tutoring. In this way they absorb the text better and arrive at better answers. Below I explain how …
When I read an English text, I sometimes come across words of which I do not know the meaning. With a single word that is usually not so bad. I still understand the point of the story. However, when I read a French book I …
Some texts presented to your child focus on the difference between facts and opinions. The writers often look for the edge between a fact and an opinion. So if your child makes a mistake regarding a fact and opinion in reading comprehension, that’s no problem. …
