scholarly journals Breaking Down Barriers to Literacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Howe
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Read Aloud ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Academic Enrichment ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
Vicarious Experiences ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

Reading aloud to children is not only a very pleasurable experience but also an academic enrichment activity that helps equalize opportunities for all students by increasing their exposure to language, culture, and literature through a variety of vicarious experiences. After reviewing relevant professional literature, this paper presents a generic lesson plan that can increase children’s listening and reading comprehension skills and thereby help break down the barriers between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Public librarians, school librarians, teachers, and parents can use the recommended read-aloud strategies to help all children increase their linguistic and social skills as well as their cultural awareness.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Listening Comprehension and Reading Comprehension: Implications for Reading Aloud and Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-73
Author(s):  
Eleanor B. Howe
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Indirect Teaching Methods ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

This paper describes the listening and reading comprehension skills of elementary school students, presents a classroom action research project that concludes that listening skills may transfer to reading skills, and recommends indirect teaching methods to enhance listening comprehension and learning during story hour. The study was designed to test whether instruction in three listening comprehension skills improved reading comprehension using those same skills. The recommended generic lesson plan for story hour is based on theory and research in listening and reading comprehension as well as the suggestions of teachers and librarians. It can be used by teachers, public librarians, school librarians, and parents.

scholarly journals Knowledge Acquisition Practices and Reading Comprehension Skills of the Learners in Hilongos South District, Leyte Division, Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 533
Author(s):  
Ginna F Tavera ◽  
Leomarich F Casinillo
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Correlational Method ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

The main purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge acquisition practices and reading comprehension of the learners in Hilongos South District, Leyte Division, Philippines. This study adopted the descriptive-survey and correlational method of research. This method tried to explore and describe the prevailing knowledge acquisition practices obtained in a particular place or situation; the reading level of the learners in terms of prior knowledge and vocabulary, and their reading comprehension as well as the extent of relationship among the variables was portrayed. The analysis and interpretation of the data led to the following findings: the knowledge acquisition practices of learners, teachers and parents were all very satisfactory, the learners had satisfactory prior knowledge and very satisfactory vocabulary level, the reading comprehension of the learner-respondents was very satisfactory. Furthermore, there were significant relationships between knowledge acquisition practices of learners and their prior knowledge, vocabulary and knowledge acquisition practices of teachers versus vocabulary level of the learners. There were also significant relationships between prior knowledge and vocabulary to the reading comprehension of the learners.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF USING POSSE STRATEGY IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPREHENSION READING SKILLS AMONGST SIXTH GRADERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
Tareq Mohamad Alyatim ◽  
Wail Muin (Al-Haj sa'id) Ismail ◽  
Muhammad Azhar bin Zailani ◽  
Ala Muhammad Al Saadi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose of the study: This study aims to measure the effectiveness of using P.O.S.S.E strategy in the development of teaching to improve reading comprehension skills for sixth-grade students. Methodology: The procedure used is an experimental method based on Stratified Sampling which consists of 43 students divided into two groups – a control group of 21 students and an experimental group of 22 students- and a lesson plan was designed as a tool. Main Findings: The outcomes of the study indicated that the POSSE strategy has a positive effect on the development of reading comprehension skills over its five levels among the representative sample of sixth graders. Applications of this study: It is an essential reference in the development of teaching and training teachers to adapt to the P.O.S.S.E strategy for teachers, student educators. Novelty/Originality of this study: The result of this study is consistent with previous studies, which investigated the efficacy of POSSE strategy on the development of reading comprehension skills.

Measuring the educational value of comic books from the school librarians’ perspective: A region-wide quantitative study in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062098343
Author(s):  
Patrick Lo ◽  
Ya-Pin Lyu ◽  
Joyce Chao-chen Chen ◽  
Jui-Lien Lu ◽  
Andrew J. Stark
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Comic Books ◽  
School Library ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Voluntary Reading ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

Comic books and their characters are an integral part of popular culture. However, comic books, as educational material, still remain controversial in certain education systems, as this medium is regarded by some as sheer entertainment – thereby hindering students’ motivation to seek out other more formal, text-based literature to read. For this study, a region-wide questionnaire survey was sent out to explore school librarians’ perceptions and attitudes towards the educational value of comic books in Taiwan. A total of 789 responses were collected for this questionnaire survey study. The regression model was used to identify the causal relationship between different genres of comic books and students’ voluntary reading and learning incentives in the context of the school library. Findings from this study suggest that comic books (1) carry the potential to attract more students to visit the school library after class, (2) facilitate students’ reading comprehension skills and (3) foster students’ interest in voluntary reading. Because of this medium’s visual-based and serialised narrative approach to storytelling, findings of this study also suggest that comic books could function as a reading motivational tool, particularly useful in helping their students learn about the subjects of History and Science.

PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN BERBASIS PENDEKATAN ACCELERATED LEARNING DI KELAS V SD NEGERI 011 AIR EMAS KECAMATAN SINGINGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 652
Author(s):  
Tati Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Accelerated Learning ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Class V ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Value Range ◽  
Reading Activity ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

Reading comprehension is a reading activity that aims to obtain adequate understanding and interpretation of the meanings contained in written symbols. the reading process is divided into three stages, such as pre-reading, reading, and post-reading. But the reality is that many of the students still experience difficulties in reading comprehension learning. Therefore, researchers applied an Accelerated Learning approach to improve students' reading comprehension skills. The results showed, the assessment of the process of reading students' skills for each assessment indicator was in the value range of 78.35% to 87.35% which was included in the good and very good category. While the results of the assessment of the overall reading skills process were 82.32% with a very good category. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that learning based on the accelerated learning approach can enhance reading comprehension skills of students in class V of the Primary school of 011 Air Emas, Singingi District.

Problems in English Communicating Skills for Learners of English

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (07) ◽  
pp. 20484-20491
Author(s):  
Dr. Ishag Adam Hassan Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Small Component ◽  
Curriculum Review ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

This paper is devoted to presenting the methods in English communicating skills for Learners of English in general and the problems specific to University of Bahri. English language major’s graduates then; it discusses the notion of communicative competence, and defines strategic competence. It also briefly deals with the various definitions of communication strategies and taxonomies of conversation strategies. Also, I give brief definition of the word conversation, that is the act of talking together or exchange ideas, opinions, skills, and information. As accustomed, speaking is natural and automatic but communication is an art which must be learned and practiced. Also the aim of this paper is to present you with suitable suggestions about how you can solve problems while reading English? In order to comply with this objective: we considered two variables. The first one is that within our daily practice at the university we have students with different abilities while reading English. Therefore, we need to help them increase the ability in reading comprehension. However, we don’t have enough teachers and needed resources to supply them with the help they need. The second variable is related to the fact that at University there are different centers where the students’ skills can improve and their reading comprehension skills deficiencies could be overcome by getting help from the teachers. This study is small component of a larger curriculum review exercise. The findings of study in general suggest that both students and English language lecturers were in agreement that Sudanese students had a problem in writing and speaking English and due to that the conversational problems are raised.      Finally, the paper concludes by representing the pedagogical implications of conversation strategies.

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