Second, while reading a text, students develop hypotheses, integrate ideas, and construct conclusions. Although these are but a few of the existing strategies available to readers, they work towards helping the student create meaning and comprehension. The sixth and final aspect of proficient readers is that they read and enjoy a variety of meaningful texts. Proficiency in reading is distinguishable by certain qualities displayed and applied by the reader. These six attributes all work together towards the common goal of building literacy, constructing meaning, and developing comprehension skills.
Implications Developing literacy is the main goal of any language arts program in schools.
It begins at an early age and becomes a continual life long process. Throughout the process, one can see various levels of reading abilities at any age. These levels can range from illiteracy to proficiency. As future educators, we were interested in understanding these various levels and researched how a higher level of proficiency in reading is attained. Some ways to promote proficiency include a few simple strategies that are easy to implement.