Reading Comprehension Strategy : Making Inferences :

Reading Comprehension Strategy:
Making Inferences :

1.   WHAT ARE INFERENCE ??????

žInferences are often referred to as what you “read between the lines.”

žThe meaning is really found “between your ears.”

žInferences are what the author implies or suggests.

2. What Happens When You Read?

While you read, your inside voice:

a.   Makes guesses

b.   Finds connecting points

c.   Asks questions

d.   Makes predictions

e.   Personalizes the reading

f.    Uses background knowledge to interpret 

3. What if we don’t know how to make inferences?????

•        Tom: Are you free tonight?

•        Mary: yes.

•        Tom: I’ve two tickets for the concert.

•        Mary: I see.

•        Tom: So…

•        Mary: What?

•        Tom: Do you like to go with me?

•        Mary: Oh! Sounds good

(SO LETS SEE THE DECODING INFERENCES)

•        “Are you free tonight”= want to ask her to do something.

•        “I’ve two tickets”= want to take her out to the cinema.