Inferential comprehension is the ability to process written information and understand the underlying meaning of the text. The information is then used to infer or determine deeper meaning that it is not explicitly stated. Greek students seem to have a good understanding of the explicit text information, but they find it very difficult to identify and extract information that is not clearly stated in the text, but it is necessary to interpret it.

e.g. reciprocal instruction of references

Step 1: Give a text passage for reading and then ask inferring questions to your students.

''Students with their backpacks are very happy because of a visit to the aquarium. The teacher checks if all the kids are present. The driver waits for the eighteen children to sit down on their seats and start then".

WHERE ARE THE KIDS?

Step 2: Encourage them to make assumptions-answers (e.g. kids are in a car or on a train or on a bus or on a ship)

Step 3: Identify together the keywords/key phrases of the text passage (e.g. 'driver', 'eighteen children', 'to sit down', 'start')

Step 4: Consider the relevance of the initial assumptions with the keywords/key phrases

            (e.g. if the children are in a car, it cannot accommodate eighteen people)

            (e.g. if the children are on a ship, the text would refer to a captain)

            (e.g. if the children are on a train/ship, the driver does not wait for the passengers to sit down to start, because he just cannot see them)

Step 5: State the final inference and justify it (e.g. children are on a bus ......).