top down-bottom up reading

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Top-Down and Bottom-Up Reading TOP-DOWN READING -- approaching a text on the basis of prior content, language, or textual schemata that the reader might have with regard to that particular text. BOTTOM-UP -- focusing exclusively on what is in the text itself, and especially on the words and sentences in the text. Also called text-based or data- driven reading. from Cohen, Andrew D. 1994. Assessing Language Ability in the Classroom, 2nd edition. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers, pp. 213-214. http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~terry/Middlebury/topbottom.htm

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Page 1: Top Down-Bottom Up Reading

Top-Down and Bottom-Up Reading

TOP-DOWN READING --

approaching a text on the basis of prior content, language, or textual

schemata that the reader might have with regard to that particular

text.

BOTTOM-UP --

focusing exclusively on what is in the text itself, and especially on

the words and sentences in the text. Also called text-based or data-

driven reading.

from Cohen, Andrew D. 1994. Assessing Language Ability in the Classroom, 2nd edition. Boston:

Heinle & Heinle Publishers, pp. 213-214.

http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~terry/Middlebury/topbottom.htm