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Moorhouse, Benjamin Luke – Reading Teacher, 2020
The author introduces the literature selection bookmark, a tool that inservice and preservice teachers who are teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in international contexts can use to guide them in selecting authentic children's English literature and analyze its utility in the elementary English-language classroom. Authentic children's…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Wu, Greg Chung-Hsien; Lau, Ken – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
Senior-year admitted students (SYAS) in Hong Kong, similar to community college transfer students in the U.S., refers to a cohort of sub-degree programme graduates who are admitted to a top-up bachelor's degree programme. Despite increasing SYAS intakes in Hong Kong universities, published studies on the teaching of SYAS are still scarce. This…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Literacy, College Seniors, College Transfer Students
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Lee, Klaudia Hiu Yen; Patkin, John – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2016
This article uses the findings from an empirical study on Hong Kong students' reading practices as collected through face-to-face interviews on major university campuses in Hong Kong to argue for the importance of "affective" and "imaginative" engagement with literary texts if students are to develop an interest in reading.…
Descriptors: Imagination, Reading Processes, Student Centered Learning, Creativity