Chapter 17: Second Language Reading Development and Instruction

Chapter Outline

Reading Theories

  • Psycholinguistic Perspective - Ken Goodman

    1. Reading is Interactive

  • Schema Theory of Reading

    1. Every act of comprehension involves one’s knowledge of the world

  • Rosenblatt’s Transactional Theory of Reading

    1. Transaction between reader and text

  • Reading and Writing are Synonymous

  • Reading is Interactive

  • Reading is Social

    1. Discuss reading material with others

  • Critical Reading in Content Areas

Strategies for Beginning Readers

    1. Language Experience Approach
    2. Reading Aloud
    3. Choral Speaking
    4. Literature Circles
    5. Shared Reading with Big Books
    6. Thematic Units

Strategies for Intermediate Readers

1.      Directed Reading-Thinking Activity

2.      Graphic Organizers

3.      Learning Logs/Journals

Materials that Support Language Acquisition

·         “Realia” – use real world material

·         Concept Books

·         Pattern Books and Poems

·         Text Sets – books that are similar to text book material

·         Outlines with fill-in-the-blank for students

Assessment

  • Anecdotal Records and Observations

  • Informal Reading Inventories

  • Miscue Analysis and Running Records

  • Reading Rubrics

Resources:

v  IRIS Module Reading & Writing Strategies

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/case_studies/ICS-013.pdf

  • Culturally Responsive Instruction at

http://www.iriscenter.com/tnm/tnm_08.html

v  Cultural and Linguistic Differences at

http://www.iriscenter.com/CLDE/challenge.htm

  • Communication & Linguistic Diversity at

http://www.iriscenter.com/clde/clde_04.html