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Rethinking Materials For The Reading Class, Nolan Weil
Rethinking Materials For The Reading Class, Nolan Weil
Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications
With experienced teachers reading pedagogy revolves around activities that promote:
• Background knowledge
• Knowledge of text structure
• Vocabulary development
• Strategic reading
• Reading fluency
• Interactions around text
Inexperienced teachers can be mentored so that they learn to use texts to teach as experienced reading teachers teach. Publishers and materials writers can facilitate this by writing and publishing materials that have lots of stimulating text and instructional materials (e.g., pedagogical explanation, techniques, and recommendations) that empower teachers to teach.
The More They Read, The More They Can Read, Nolan Weil
The More They Read, The More They Can Read, Nolan Weil
Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications
We learn to read by reading, but improvement requires consistency and takes time. Extensive reading is not the silver bullet. Multiple approaches are necessary to promote high levels of L2 reading proficiency, but extensive reading is a vital component.