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TYPES OF READERS AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Emergent (pre) Readers

ACCORDING TO STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT

the end of nursery

LEVEL OF READERS:
1. aware of printed letters and words to

2. exposure to nursery rhyme to enhance oral language skills that help to develop the middle of

an ear for the sounds of words kindergarten

3. then, they begin to focus on rhyme (components that distinguish the words sound)

as it provides the foundation of development of phonological awareness

4. The learners will start noticing that each text carries a message and meaning

5. They gain mastery over the sound structure of spoken language, pretend to read,

and retell stories from the picture books

Early Readers LEVEL OF READERS:

the end of
kindergarten or the

middle of first

1. begin learning how to connect sounds to printed letters and words. grade.

2. realize that letters represent sounds and notice that combinations of letters

produce different sounds.

3. they often memorize the visual such as orthographic components of words or

whole words and develop a "sight" vocabulary.

4. they read sight words as well as phonetically regular words and started to mix

individual sounds to read words as well as segment words into individual sounds.

Progressive Readers

LEVEL OF

READERS:
lasts until the

1. more efficient at sounding out words and are becoming increasingly automatic at end of second

recognizing the parts of words and decoding them. grade

2. they learn how to chunk common parts of words which they can transfer among

words increasing efficiency.

3. they will have more cognitive processes available to direct at understanding what

they are reading as their fluency increases

4. eventually recognizing that they are reading for a purpose.