Modeling and Using a Language "toolbox" Reading Strategy
Author: Anne Ragauskis
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In consideration of the fact that [English learners] learn differently from monolingual students in addition to the missing elements in the current reading instruction of ELs, these students need constant supports to refer to ... ELs need a metaphorical "tool box" that they can refer to when they come across an unfamiliar text or piece of language. This "tool box" is an all-encompassing list of reading strategies that EL students can rely on in order to successfully use and make sense of reading strategies, navigate between their first and second languages, and better understand L2 academic vocabulary"--Leaf 12. "This action research project on the use of a language "toolbox" reading strategy with fourth grade bilingual students helped me to gain insight on the following three questions: 1) How can I as a teacher researcher model a language "toolbox" reading strategy to fourth grade bilingual students to develop academic vocabulary in Spanish and English? 2) How can fourth grade bilingual students use a language "toolbox" reading strategy to develop academic vocabulary in Spanish and English? 3) What are fourth grade bilingual students' perceptions of using a language toolbox reading strategy?"--Leaves 74-75.