Download or read book Phonological Bootstrapping in Word Recognition Whole Language Reading A Composite Pedagogy for L2 Reading Development Via Concurrent Reading Listening Protocols and the Extensive Reading Approach written by Lance Askildson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study investigated the effects of concurrent reading and listening--in the form of the Reading While Listening (RWL) technique--as a means of improving word recognition and reading comprehension among intermediate L2 readers and compared these effects to a distinct top-down reading pedagogy in the form of Extensive Reading (ER) approach, an integrated pedagogy of both RWL and ER and a Control pedagogy of silent in-class reading. Drawing upon innate acquisitional mechanisms of phonological recoding as articulated by Jorm & Share's (1983) Self-Teaching Hypothesis (STH), the present research suggested the simultaneous presentation of identical orthographic and aural input as an ideal protocol for the exploitation of such a route to fluent word recognition in reading. Drawing upon innate acquisitional mechanisms of cognitive inferencing and whole language development as proposed by Goodman (1967, 1988), Krashen (1995, 2007) and Day & Bamford (1998), the present study also proposed the ER pedagogical approach as an effective top-down mechanism for cognitive inferencing in reading and whole language development as well as a tool for addressing L2 reader affect. In order to investigate the efficacy of RWL and ER respectively, while also as an integrated composite pedagogy of both RWL and ER, the present study employed a mixed-methods quasi-experimental design incorporating longitudinal classroom treatments of RWL, ER, RWL-ER and Control reading pedagogies over five weeks and among 51 intermediate ESL readers. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses, alongside qualitative data reduction and display, supported the respective and significant efficacy of RWL and ER reading pedagogies over Control treatments on measures of reading rate, comprehension, vocabulary and grammatical knowledge gains as well as reader affect. Moreover, the composite RWL-ER treatment group demonstrated superlative gains above all other treatment types in a manner that supports the distinct advantages of such an integrated reading pedagogy, which pairs acquisitional approaches to both bottom-up word recognition and top-down cognitive skills development in tandem. Pedagogical implications for these findings are discussed alongside limitations and area for future research.
Download or read book Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching written by Lee B. Abraham and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has provided a foundation for understanding the use of new technologies in instructed second language environments, few studies have investigated new literacies and electronic discourse beyond the classroom setting. This volume seeks to address this gap by providing corpus-based and empirical studies of electronic discourse analyzing social and linguistic variation as well as communicative practices in chat, discussion forums, blogs, and podcasts. Several chapters also examine the assessment and integration of new literacies. This volume will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, teachers, and students interested in exploring electronic discourse and new literacies in language learning and teaching.
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bootstrapping Reading Writing and Spelling for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Users microform written by Joan E. Truxler and published by Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multiple baseline across subjects design was used during two consecutive experiments to examine the effects of instruction on four children who used augmentative and alternative (AAC) communication. The instruction was aimed at facilitating the awareness of the phonological and orthographic structure of words in order for the children to acquire beginning word recognition and spelling. The children, 8.0--9.5 years, were diagnosed with congenital severe speech and physical impairments. In Experiment 1, the children were instructed in the recognition of six letters/sounds at the beginning of spoken words for acquisition of the alphabetic principle. Instruction was carried out within a story reading context in which the children listened to storybooks while receiving instruction in recognizing the six sounds as they occurred in story words and in identifying their corresponding letters in text. In Experiment 2, the children listened to the sound blending and segmentation of the six trained letters/sounds. Instruction was carried out within the context of structured sound awareness and analysis activities. In both experiments the children used a portable keyboard for spelling. The investigator's voice supplied voice output as none of the children used voice activated AAC systems. The development of the intervention emerged from the important relationship between phonological awareness and beginning word recognition in children who are developing typically. During Experiment 1, all four children acquired the alphabetic principle at varying levels. Three children maintained their skills. Two children generalized their skills at low levels, one at high levels. During Experiment 2, one of the four children acquired beginning word recognition for trained and untrained words and nonwords. Three children increased their spelling ability post-intervention. Several limitations were addressed, most notably compromises in experimental control. The current early efficacy study provided groundbreaking evidence of the role phonological awareness instruction has on beginning word recognition in children with severe speech and physical impairments. Altogether the children's results are suggestive of the skills needed to acquire early word recognition and are suggestive of future research directions.
Download or read book Phonological Awareness and Word Recognition Skills written by B. Arline Black and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Concurrent Development of Phonological Awareness Word Recognition and Spelling written by Steven A. Stahl and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Phonological Skills and Learning to Read written by Usha Goswami and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to integrate recent exciting research on the precursors of reading and early reading strategies adopted by children in the classroom. It aims to develop a theory about why early phonological skills are crucial in learning to read, and shows how phonological knowledge about rhymes and other units of sound helps children learn about letter sequences when beginning to be taught to read. The authors begin by contrasting theories which suggest that children's phonological awareness is a result of the experience of learning to read and those that suggest that phonological awareness precedes, and is a causal determinant of, reading. The authors argue for a version of the second kind of theory and show that children are aware of speech units, called onset and rime, before they learn to read and spell. An important part of the argument is that children make analogies and inferences about these letter sequences in order to read and write new words.
Download or read book Learning Words from Reading written by Megumi Hamada and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I: What Do We Know About Incidental Word Learning from Reading? -- 1. Theoretical Background in Word Learning from Reading -- 2. Mechanism of Word Learning from Reading -- 3. Factors in Word Learning from Reading Part II: How Do We Obtain Information from Reading and Use It for Learning Words? -- 4. Introducing the Cognitive Model of Word-Meaning Inference -- 5. Extracting Word-Form Information and Using It for Word Learning -- 6. Generating Contextual Information and Using It for Word Learning -- 7. Pedagogical Applications -- Bibliography -- Index.
Download or read book Extensive Reading and Listening in the L2 Classroom written by Willy A. Renandya and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chapter first looks at Extensive Reading and Extensive Listening separately, highlighting the language learning benefits of the two approaches to language learning. It then discusses ways of implementing the two together in input-poor L2 contexts where the quantity and quality of the target language input tends to be severely limited. In these situations, the main source of input comes from the classroom teachers and the coursebooks, which, while useful, tends to have limited impact on L2 learning. By implementing both approaches, L2 learners could be exposed to far richer and greater quantity of language input, which in turn would have a more pronounced salutary effect on their L2 learning. [This document is chapter 8 from the book "English Language Teaching Today: Linking Theory and Practice," (pp. 97-110). W. A. Renandya, & Handoyo, P. (Eds.), New York, NY: Routledge.].
Download or read book Reading Acquisition written by Philip B. Gough and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1992. This book brings together the work of a number of distinguished international researchers engaged in basic research on beginning reading. Individual chapters address various processes and problems in learning to read - including how acquisition gets underway, the contribution of story listening experiences, what is involved in learning to read words, and how readers represent information about written words in memory. In addition, the chapter contributors consider how phonological, onset-rime, and syntactic awareness contribute to reading acquisition, how learning to spell is involved, how reading ability can be explained as a combination of decoding skill plus listening comprehension skill, and what causes reading difficulties and how to study these causes.
Download or read book Understanding Second Language Acquisition written by Lourdes Ortega and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a wide-encompassing survey of this burgeoning field, its accumulated findings and proposed theories, its developed research paradigms, and its pending questions for the future. The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition. It assumes no background in SLA and provides helpful chapter-by-chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading. Ideal as a textbook for students of applied linguistics, foreign language education, TESOL, and education, it is also recommended for students of linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, psychology, and cognitive science. Supporting resources for tutors are available free at www.routledge.com/ortega.
Download or read book Reading Comprehension written by Gary Woolley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Comprehension: Assisting Children with Learning Difficulties examines the complex nature of reading comprehension. It introduces a model for classifying reading comprehension based on an expanded Simple View of Reading. Issues related to assessment, diagnosis, and remediation of reading comprehension difficulties are discussed and translated into clear recommendations to inform reading intervention design and practice. It gives an informed understanding as to why reading comprehension is difficult for some children with learning disabilities such as ADHD, autism, language difficulties and dyslexia. From leading literacy research, the book develops a deeper understanding of thinking processes that facilitate comprehension at the word, discourse, and metacognitive levels. Children will benefit from the introduction of evidence-based methods for teaching reading comprehension using structured multiple-strategy frameworks.
Download or read book Reading Fluency written by Timothy Rasinski and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading fluency has been identified as a key component of proficient reading. Research has consistently demonstrated significant and substantial correlations between reading fluency and overall reading achievement. Despite the great potential for fluency to have a significant outcome on students’ reading achievement, it continues to be not well understood by teachers, school administrators and policy makers. The chapters in this volume examine reading fluency from a variety of perspectives. The initial chapter sketches the history of fluency as a literacy instruction component. Following chapters examine recent studies and approaches to reading fluency, followed by chapters that explore actual fluency instruction models and the impact of fluency instruction. Assessment of reading fluency is critical for monitoring progress and identifying students in need of intervention. Two articles on assessment, one focused on word recognition and the other on prosody, expand our understanding of fluency measurement. Finally, a study from Turkey explores the relationship of various reading competencies, including fluency, in an integrated model of reading. Our hope for this volume is that it may spark a renewed interest in research into reading fluency and fluency instruction and move toward making fluency instruction an even more integral part of all literacy instruction.
Download or read book Early Childhood Assessment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-12-21 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assessment of young children's development and learning has recently taken on new importance. Private and government organizations are developing programs to enhance the school readiness of all young children, especially children from economically disadvantaged homes and communities and children with special needs. Well-planned and effective assessment can inform teaching and program improvement, and contribute to better outcomes for children. This book affirms that assessments can make crucial contributions to the improvement of children's well-being, but only if they are well designed, implemented effectively, developed in the context of systematic planning, and are interpreted and used appropriately. Otherwise, assessment of children and programs can have negative consequences for both. The value of assessments therefore requires fundamental attention to their purpose and the design of the larger systems in which they are used. Early Childhood Assessment addresses these issues by identifying the important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and the quality and purposes of different techniques and instruments for developmental assessments.
Download or read book Learning and Teaching Reading written by Rhona Stainthorp and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reading in a Second Language written by William Grabe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract:
Download or read book Language Acquisition written by Susan Foster-Cohen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.
