Development of Pre-Reading Skills of Primary School Pupils for Effective Inclusive Education

Abstract

Reading is one of the four language skills, which are the basic for a child. Unless the place of pre-reading skills are recognized in our schools, we will continue to turn out graduates who pass through reading but gain none. Pre-reading activities are most important at lower levels of language in an inclusive classroom setting. In this paper attempt was made to explain the Development of pre-reading skills of primary school pupils for effective inclusive education. The relevance of pre-reading skills for reading development in an inclusive education setting was discussed Sample pre-reading activities and ways to enhance reading skills by the teacher was discussed.