A set of processes used by readers to make meaning from texts. Key comprehension strategies include:

• activating and using prior knowledge

• identifying literal information explicitly stated in the text

• making inferences based on information in the text and their own prior knowledge

• predicting likely future events in a text

• visualising by creating mental images of elements in a text summarising and organising information from a text

• integrating ideas and information in texts

• critically reflecting on content, structure, language and images used to construct meaning in a text.