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Download full textCharumanee, Nisakorn – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2014
Nisakorn Charumanee believes that a reading teacher has an active role in cultivating reading culture or reading habit and in activating students to "want" to read. One way to do this is to integrate extensive reading into the classroom (Day and Bamford, 1998; Bamford and Day, 2004) where extensive reading can be enhanced if the teacher…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Reading Instruction, Reading Improvement
Freedman, Leora – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2015
An adaptation of the traditional literary concept of close reading was developed for use in a largely multilingual classroom in which both first language (L1) and second language (L2) students were struggling to comprehend theoretical, lexically dense texts in English. This simplified method of reading a text iteratively and critically is proving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Reading, Reading Strategies, Multilingualism
Rátiva Velandia, Marlén; Pedreros Torres, Andrés Leonardo; Núñez Alí, Mónica – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
It is considered valuable to take advantage of web activities to improve and qualify the English teaching and learning processes, especially in the promotion of reading comprehension. In this article we share the process and results of a study that focused on some activities based on web materials that were designed and used with 10th grade…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Learning Processes, Reading Comprehension, Grade 10
Peer reviewedJohannessen, Larry R.; And Others – Clearing House, 1984
Discusses ways to introduce literature to students in a manner that will encourage them to read and prepare them for the concepts and themes they will encounter when they read assigned materials. (FL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Learning Activities, Literature Appreciation, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedFawson, Parker C. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes the Salient Characteristics Analysis Technique (SCAT), used to assist students in comprehending metaphorical text. Describes a sample lesson using a Langston Hughes poem. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Metaphors
Sanders, Betty – Engl J, 1970
Descriptors: English Instruction, Reading Improvement, Remedial Programs, Remedial Reading
Peer reviewedStreznewski, Marylou K. – English Journal, 1979
Describes how to involve nonreading students in the printed word. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literature Appreciation, Reading Difficulty, Reading Improvement
BAILEY, DOROTHY DEE – 1967
WORKING AS A RESEARCH TEAM, STUDENTS IN A CLASS IN THE TEACHING OF SECONDARY ENGLISH AT WEST CHESTER COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, COMPILED THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF READING MATERIALS FOR USE WITH CULTURALLY-DEPRIVED STUDENTS. RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR THE STUDENT ARE DIVIDED INTO (1) PROSE--INCLUDING HISTORIES, BIOGRAPHIES, NOVELS AND SHORT STORY…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged
Hirtle, Walter H. – 1980
Two aspects of the problem of native language grammar instruction, in this case English, are addressed. First, it is argued that a combination of linguistic and pedagogical factors contribute to the explanation for the apparent decline in English grammar instruction in the schools. Secondly, it is argued that effective grammar teaching should…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Language Usage, Linguistic Competence
Bondanza, Amy; Kelly, Katie; Treewater, Adam – 1998
Reading comprehension is an important skill that every student needs in order to be successful. It is directly influenced by how readers construct a representation of the information that they are taking in. Overwhelmingly, the processing strategies found in research can appropriately fit into the Into, Through, Beyond strategies used in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedEtim, James S.; Willems, Arnold L. – Reading Improvement, 1988
Discusses the status of reading instruction in Nigerian primary schools, focusing on methods of instruction, class organization, books used, the role of the Ministry of Education, reading in Nigerian languages, as well as some problems in the teaching of reading. (RAE)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Gersten, Russell; Baker, Scott K.; Shanahan, Timothy; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Collins, Penny; Scarcella, Robin – What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
This Practice Guide is the first in a series of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) guides in education that are developed by a panel of experts. The guides are intended to bring the best available evidence and expertise to bear on the types of systemic challenges that cannot currently be addressed by single intervention or programs. This…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Literacy
Preston, Fred, Ed. – 1978
Designed to be immediately useful and practical for language arts teachers in the secondary schools, the six articles in this monograph are illustrative not only of methods but of pedagogical processes that are the components of successful teaching. The first article offers more than 20 ways of motivating and involving the nonreader and describes…
Descriptors: Drama, English Instruction, Essays, Language Arts
Office for Standards in Education, London (England). – 2000
The implementation of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) began in English primary schools at the start of the autumn term, 1998. It was intended to bring about "a dramatic improvement in literacy standards," so that, by 2002, 80% of all 11 year olds should reach level 4 in English at the end of Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
FORD, NICK AARON – 1967
A 3-YEAR EXPERIMENT IN IMPROVING THE READING AND WRITING SKILLS OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED COLLEGE FRESHMEN WAS CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE (1) WHETHER OR NOT SPECIALLY SELECTED MATERIALS, EXPERIENCES, AND METHODOLOGY CAN MOTIVATE STUDENTS MORE THOROUGHLY THAN DOES THE TYPICAL FRESHMAN ENGLISH COURSE, AND (2) WHETHER THE EFFECTIVELY MOTIVATED…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research
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