5.1.2
What do we mean by comprehension?

Reflection task 1

Click here to hear a short statement.

To what extent would you say you understood it?

If you felt you had problems understanding it, what hindered your understanding?

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Now let's imagine, difficult though it may be, that a version of the above extract is said by a university lecturer in the context of a discussion:

Diagram showing text of lecturer's conversation

We can then imagine a whole range of responses to this:

Image showing a selection of responses

Reflection task 2

Study the five different responses above.

  1. In your view, which response reflects the most comprehension?

  2. Which response reflects the least?

  3. Rank all the responses in order of comprehension.

  4. As a result of doing this task, how would you define comprehension?

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