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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2551] Re: The "Decoding" of words, sentences, and paragraphsAndrea Wilder andreawilder at comcast.netFri Sep 26 11:52:25 EDT 2008
Letting students read what they want--this has been tested out in a federal study I worked on--higher scores when own material is used. Andrea On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Bruce C wrote: > > > That's a great idea Steve. It makes me think... > > When teachers have students read, how much pre-reading preparation > do they do? If we just open the book to page one, and ask students > to start decoding for us, we are asking them to read in an very > unnatural way. That's not what I do when I read. I think it's a > good idea to teach students ALL the strategies that good readers > need--not just decoding. > > In addition to letting students choose what they are reading, there > are many other things to do: > > For nonfiction, discussion of the topic addressed in the reading > helps readers focus on content and provide a useful context for > decoding. For example, if we are reading an article about the > current economic situation and home foreclosures, the class can > discuss what they know about home-buying. (Probably more than I > do.) That makes decoding easier and more accurate. Students can use > the discussion to support decoding. For example, if a word starts > with "h-o" and ends with "s-e," it's probably not "horse." > > For fiction and nonfiction, discussions of the pictures (if there > are any) and the title can help. If I ask students what they think > PAT KING's FAMILY is going to be about, words like family, parent, > children, son, daughter, mother and father are probably going to > come up. Again, that provides support and guidance as students decode. > > Making predictions is a great strategy for any reading. If students > make predictions based on pictures, titles, and background > knowledge, they are more likely to focus on comprehension and not > just meaningless phonetic decoding. > >> From Bruce Carmel > Turning Point > Brooklyn, NY > >> >> On Sep 25, 2008, at 11:50 PM, Steve Kaufmann wrote: >> >>> I agree that this, and other information provided by >> Mr. Sticht, is >>> very interesting. >>> >>> I find that in reading Russian, which I am studying, >> the more >>> familiar I am with the subject the better I do at >> negotiating >>> meaning from sentences and paragraphs. If I am >> interested in the >>> subject, and have heard an audio file of the content, >> I get >>> momentum which helps me create meaning out of the >> words. >>> >>> I wonder if we should not put more effort into >> allowing learners to >>> choose content to read that they are interested in and >> familiar >>> with, and allowing them listen to a recording of it >> before reading. >>> In time the recording may cease to be necessary. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Kaufmann >>> www.lingq.com >>> 1-604-922-8514 >>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>> National Institute for Literacy >>> Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list >>> professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, >> please go to >>> >> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment >>> >>> Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy >> Education Wiki >>> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ >>> Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development >> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> National Institute for Literacy >> Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list >> professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov >> >> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please >> go to >> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment >> >> Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy >> Education Wiki >> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ >> Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list > professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment > > Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ > Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development
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