Download or read book Reading and Comprehension in the African Context written by Agnes Wanja Kibui and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes an important contribution to existing knowledge on the processes of reading and comprehension by identifying the various approaches and corresponding theories. The book is organized in various chapters that cumulatively lead to our entry into the three key areas. Chapter One provides important background to reading as a skill, explaining the hidden dynamics that avoid the process and outcome of reading. Chapter Two deals with comprehension and vocabulary, both very important aspects of the reading process, while Chapter Three focuses on the relationship between reading, remembering and perception. Chapters four and five deal with various ways of assessing comprehension and the role of the reader respectively.

Download or read book Reading and Comprehension in the African Context written by Wanja Kibui and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012-12-29 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes an important contribution to existing knowledge on the processes of reading and comprehension by identifying the various approaches and corresponding theories. The book is organized in various chapters that cumulatively lead to our entry into the three key areas. Chapter One provides important background to reading as a skill, explaining the hidden dynamics that avoid the process and outcome of reading. Chapter Two deals with comprehension and vocabulary, both very important aspects of the reading process, while Chapter Three focuses on the relationship between reading, remembering and perception. Chapters four and five deal with various ways of assessing comprehension and the role of the reader respectively.

Download or read book Teaching and learning to read in a multilingual context written by IBE and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U S written by Arlette Ingram Willis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book Black Americans from Africa to the 80 s written by Mark Falstein and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents Afro-American history as a backdrop for enhancing reading comprehension skills.

Download or read book Teaching African American Learners to Read written by Bill Hammond and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite many education reform efforts, African American children remain the most miseducated students in the United States. To help you mend this critical problem, this collection of original, adapted, and previously published articles provides examples of research-based practices and programs that successfully teach African American students to read. Thoughtful commentary on historic and current issues, discussion of research-based best practices, and examples of culturally appropriate instruction help you examine the role of education, identify best practices, consider the significance of culture in the teaching-learning process, and investigate some difficult issues of assessment.

Download or read book Tracking Changes in South African Reading Literacy Achievement written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading has been touted as the most crucial and lacking skill for young South African children. This book delves into the issues and measurement considerations surrounding reading literacy using the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) data. The contributors to this volume explore the complexities of measuring reading literacy with an international survey, curricula misalignment, and how the PIRLS framework can inform teaching and learning. Contributors are: Caroline Böning, Celeste Combrinck, Peter Courtney, Martin Gustafsson, Nompumelelo L. Mohohlwane, Nangamso Mtsatse, Elizabeth Pretorius, Karen Roux, Claudia Schreiner, Tobias Schroedler, Nick Taylor, Stephen Taylor, Surette van Staden and Hans Wagemaker.

Download or read book I Can Fly written by Angela Marshall Rickford and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tune with Paolo Freire's philosophy linking literacy with disassembling class barriers, Rickford (education, San Jose State U., CA) seeks to reverse the dismal statistics on US schools' failure in teaching minority students to read. From her case study featuring African American folktales and contemporary Black narratives, she presents a structural analysis of the texts and tips for the teaching of culturally congruent texts in multi-ethnic inner city, middle school classrooms that challenge students to achieve higher-order skills. Appends the study's stories and comprehension questions, and the Teacher Interview Protocol. Paper edition (ISBN -1280-6), $32.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Black Communications and Learning to Read written by Terry Meier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A welcome book! Terry Meier refreshingly covers the linguistic features of Black Communications as well as its rhetorical/discourse patterns. Her vast experience in preparing teachers to teach reading and writing is reflected on virtually every page. This is a thoroughly researched, theoretically informed, and practically useful book. to paraphrase something the author wrote some years ago: 'You don't have to read it if you want to become a teacher; but you do if you want to become a great teacher, especially in inner city areas.'" John R. Rickford, Stanford University I can't imagine a better book on teaching Black children to read. At first, the order of chapters may seem surprising: pragmatic and rhetorical aspects of "Black Communication" before the more widely discussed differences in pronunciation and syntax; reading comprehension before the usually emphasized decoding. The result is that at the end, you understand all the above in new ways. Moreover, Meier's writing is so clear and so full of vivid examples that you get a terrific course in African American literature for primary children along the way. Courtney Cazden, Harvard Graduate School of Education "Black Communications and Learning to Read is relevant, thorough, well written, substantive, scholarly, and welcome - I could not put it down. with the field focusing more and more on issues of English learning among immigrant populations, the ongoing need to prepare teachers for dialectically diverse classrooms must not be overshadowed. This book will fill a huge void with respect to resources available for the preparation and continued growth of teachers." Sharon Nelson-Barber, WestEd This book is about effective literacy instruction for students in grades K-4 who use the language variety that many linguists call African American English, but which, as explained in the Introduction, the author calls Black Communications (BC). Throughout, considerable attention is given to discussing the integral and complex interconnections among African American language, culture, and history, drawing significantly on examples from African American historical and literary sources. Although it is theoretical in its description of the BC system and its discussion of research on language socialization in African American communities, the major focus of this book is pedagogy. Many concrete examples of successful classroom practices are included so that teachers can readily visualize and use the strategies and principles presented. Part I, 'What is Black Communications?" presents an overview of the BC system, providing a basic introduction to the major components of the language - phonology, grammar, lexicon, and pragmatics, and illustrating how these components work in synchrony to create a coherent whole. Part II, "Language Socialization in the African American Discourse Community," examines existing research on African American children's language socialization. Part III, "Using African American Children's Literature to Teach Essential Comprehension Strategies," draws connections between strategy instruction and the linguistic and rhetorical abilities discussed in Part II. Each chapter ends with suggestions for using African American literature to help children develop their speaking and writing abilities. Part IV, "Children Using Language," moves from a focus on teaching comprehension strategies to helping BC speakers learn to decode text. This volume is directed to researchers, faculty, and graduate students in the fields of language and literacy education and linguistics, and is well-suited as a text for graduate-level courses in these areas.

Download or read book 21st Century DECEMBER DAILY COMPREHENSION High Interest Reading Activities written by Genia Stemper and published by Remedia Publications. This book was released on 2022-08-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN DECEMBER! ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH! Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading skills. This lesson-a-day series is sure to become a classroom favorite! Ideal for bell work, enrichment, remediation and review. INCLUDES STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES: Stories are followed by skill-specific comprehension activities. Questions are clearly labeled with the standard/skill that it meets. LOCATE AN ANSWER DRAW CONCLUSIONS CAUSE & EFFECT FACT OR OPINION FIND FACTS MAKE INFERENCES SEQUENCE EVENTS FIND THE MAIN IDEA COMPARE & CONTRAST USE CONTEXT CLUES TO FIND MEANING All captivating events happened in the last 20 years! This is a growing series that will eventually include the entire school year. Reading Level: Gr 3 - 4 Interest Level: Gr 5 - 12 MORE DETAILS: This 21st Century Daily Comprehension resource is an all-new version of our popular Daily Comprehension series. A high-interest, nonfiction story has been chosen for each day of the month. The stories are a combination of historical, scientific, record-breaking, sports, and pop culture events that happened on that particular day. All of the stories are about events that occurred during the 21st Century. Care was taken to choose topics that appeal to a wide-range of interests. Students will learn some serious and some fun facts while improving their reading skills. A page of skill-based questions follows each story. Comprehension skills include: facts, locating the answer, cause and effect, fact or opinion, sequence, main idea, conclusion, inference, context, and comparison. Total Pages 68 Pages Answer Key Included

Download or read book African Passages for Pr cis and Comprehension written by Christine Elizabeth Nuttall and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nonfiction Passages Packet written by Ellen M. Dolan and published by Milliken Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nonfiction passages in this packet are designed to keep students engaged with fascinating topics such as HyperSoar jets, sunken treasure ships, the Norse Legend of Thor, supernovas, and more. The controlled vocabulary averages two readability levels below content to ensure understanding and promote confidence. Each selection includes follow-up questions to reinforce key comprehension skills and an answer key for easy assessment.

Download or read book A Culturally Responsive Reading Intervention for African American Students at Risk for Reading Failure written by Alana Oif and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous reading studies have emphasized the importance of providing systematic, explicit, reading instruction for emergent readers. This study sought to determine the effectiveness of Reading RACES (RR), a computer program designed to deliver the repeated reading intervention utilizing culturally relevant passages. Specifically, this study examined the effects of RR on the oral reading fluency (ORF) and comprehension gains for first-grade learners in an urban setting and whether these gains would generalize to novel, generic passages. Five first-grade African American students at risk for reading failure were selected to participate in this study. Results indicated a functional relation between the use of RR and student gains in ORF and comprehension. All students who participated in this study demonstrated moderate to substantial gains on their ORF and comprehension on CR passages. Additionally, the data show that the reading generalized to novel passages and maintained even one month following intervention.

Download or read book Bridges and Barriers written by Eddie Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent decades have seen sub-Saharan Africa decline in both economic and human terms. The rich North has responded with a barrage of well-publicized initiatives, from pop concerts to international commitments on debt relief, aid, trade and good governance. Among the complex of factors necessary to sustain economic and human development, education receives little media coverage, although it is crucial. However, education must be effective. This book argues that in 'Anglophone' Africa, education is not effective because of the use of English, rather than children's first languages, both as the medium of instruction, and also as the language in which children are first taught to read. Research is presented from Malawi and Zambia, countries with contrasting language policies, using evidence from tests in English and African languages, small-group discussions and classroom observation. The findings show that English-medium policies in Africa do not give students any advantage in English over first-language policies, while the use of English discriminates against girls and rural children. The book concludes that much education in Africa is a barrier rather than a bridge to learning because of the prevailing language ideology, which has resulted in massive over-estimation of the value of English. While appropriate language policies alone will not solve education and development difficulties in Africa, they do have a positive contribution to make. The evidence presented here suggests they are failing to make that contribution.

Download or read book Why written by Jr. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHY? Why do African American children fill the rolls of low achievers? Why do African American children fill the rolls of needs improvement schools? Why do African American children fill the rolls of high school dropouts? Why do African American children fill the rolls of special education classes? The answers to these questions are not found in the traditional educational setting; nor are they found in the plethora of text devoted to social, economic, and educational reforms. The sub proficiency performances of many African American children in reading and reading comprehension contribute significantly to the educational, social, health and economic gaps in our schools and our society. As witnessed by many, it is the ability to read which allows a child to transcend even the poorest environment and social circumstances, and succeed in life. The ability to read is not innate; it is a learned skill that is dependent on the development of the neural (brain) cells necessary for memory. Sleep disordered breathing conditions, like Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS), impact the development of these cells and learning to read becomes difficult. The early diagnosis and treatment of OSAS will give these children an opportunity to learn to read, not be left behind, and develop to their maximum potential. IF YOUR CHILD SNORES, HE/SHE MAY HAVE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME. ASK YOUR DOCTOR TODAY.

Download or read book Selections from the Black written by and published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reading with Meaning written by Dorothy Grant Hennings and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: