using a description of comprehension to frame strategies and apply them in practical contexts
Goals
For the learner to have an opportunity to . . .
- Analyze the elements of Searle’s thought experiment
- Compare/contrast comprehension with a black box
- Identify strategies from a description of comprehension
- Identify a cascade of follow-up reading strategies
- Distinguish literal from inferential comprehension
Content
What do you Think?
- Would the thought experiment be just as effective (a) with Spanish or (b) with the language of beings from another planet?
- Which of the following is most like a black box: dictionary, bilingual dictionary (e.g.: English/Russian), thesaurus?
