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Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza; Gangeraj, Atefeh Ardeshir; Alavi, Sahar Zahed – Current Issues in Education, 2013
Although the importance of reading in developing writing ability is undeniable, few competent readers in EFL contexts develop into competent writers. Since students are not aware that reading can assist them in writing, this study examined the effect of reciprocal teaching--which focuses on four reading comprehension strategies, namely…
Descriptors: Research Design, Reading Comprehension, Inferences, Reciprocal Teaching
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Huang, Ching-Ting; Yang, Shu Ching – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
This study examines the effects of two types of online remedial reading interventions on the reading strategy and comprehension, motivational beliefs, and self-efficacy of 36 low-achieving students (explicit teaching before reciprocal teaching [ET-RT] vs. direct instruction [DI]). We designed a 10-unit online remedial English reading program based…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Self Efficacy
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Guccione, Lindsey M. – Reading Teacher, 2011
Over the course of one year in a first-grade classroom, English learners (ELs) used several literacy practices to construct meaning from expository text. The teacher modeling, guided practice, and independent use of the five most frequent practices are explained in detail, with accompanying photographs of student work. The author describes how…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Literacy, Elementary School Students
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Williams, Joan A. – Reading Teacher, 2010
English learners (ELs) often struggle with asking questions in the classroom. They frequently need support to become confident questioners when confusion arises during reading. This skill becomes even more significant when such learners transition into mainstream classrooms. One possible framework for helping ELs make this transition includes the…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Reciprocal Teaching, Inferences
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Wayman, Miya Miura; McMaster, Kristen L.; Saenz, Laura M.; Watson, Jill A. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2010
The purpose of this article is to explore the use of reading aloud and maze Curriculum-Based Measures (CBMs) to evaluate the responsiveness of secondary-level English language learners (ELLs) to peer-mediated instruction. First, we briefly summarize research on instructional practices for ELLs, highlighting the need for further work to identify…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Peer Teaching
Armbrister, Ana Leonor – ProQuest LLC, 2010
English Language Learners are an ever-growing population in public school systems today. Consequently, the policies and procedures that schools are required to adhere to are not limited to language minority students. In order for teachers to meet the needs of English Language Learning students, they need to address their student's whole…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Reading Comprehension, Student Participation, Second Language Learning
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Erten, Ismail Hakki; Karakas, Müge – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
This study aims at understanding how the use of different reading activities affects readers' comprehension of short stories. Forty-seven students with an advanced level of English proficiency participated in the study where a quasi-experimental research design was pursued. The experimental and control groups of students completed different sets…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literary Genres, Reciprocal Teaching, Inferences
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Lawrence, Lisa Jean – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
The following article discusses cognitive and metacognitive reading strategies and the use of them particularly among bilingual students. It distinguishes between the two types of strategies. Strategy use among monolingual and bilingual students are described and compared. The article focuses on the need for strategy instruction, particularly…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Academic Discourse, Teaching Methods, Reciprocal Teaching
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Hosenfeld, Carol; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1996
Reconceptualizes a cognitive apprenticeship method to provide foreign language teachers in charge of beginning language levels with the knowledge necessary to acquire the strategies of reciprocal teaching. The article gives teachers an example of a set of lesson plans that embeds the teaching of prerequisite declarative and procedural knowledge…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cognitive Development, French, Learning Strategies
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Fung, Irene Y. Y.; Wilkinson, Ian A. G.; Moore, Dennis W. – Learning and Instruction, 2002
Studied the effects of Language 1-assisted (L1) reciprocal teaching (in this case, Mandarin) on the comprehension of English expository text by 12 year-7 and year-8 (grades 6 and 7) Taiwanese students. The use of reciprocal L1 and L2 (English) teaching appeared to increase comprehension when reading L1 and L2 texts. (SLD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
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McAlpine, Dave, Ed.; Dhonau, Stephanie, Ed. – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2006
The 2006 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSC), a joint conference with the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, celebrated languages of the world in the classroom and in the community. This volume of the CSC "Report" is the companion volume for the 2005 CSC "Report," "The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Gomez, Leo; And Others – 1995
The primary purpose of this study was the naturalistic assessment of growth in oral English proficiency of Hispanic American limited English proficient (LEP) students in a paired reciprocal learning format. Subjects were fifth-grade students in a summer English-as-a-Second-Language class. Twelve students in a paired learning format and 12 in a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Rowe, Deborah Wells, Ed.; Jimenez, Robert T., Ed.; Compton, Donald L., Ed.; Dickinson, David K., Ed.; Kim, Youb, Ed.; Leander, Kevin M., Ed.; Risko, Victoria J., Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2007
This publication offers the 56th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). This Yearbook begins with a preface and presents profiles of three awardees, Michael C. McKenna, Douglas K. Hartman, and Michael Kamil. Included in this Yearbook are the following papers: (1) What's It All About? Literacy Research and Civic Responsibility (Victoria…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Curriculum Development, Literacy, Popular Culture
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