The purpose of this study is to document the impact of a curriculum designed to foster critical literacy, critical consciousness and democracy. Critical literacy is an alternative to traditional literacy, which shapes the learner into a conformity with standards s/he is not allo…
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The study uses an adaptation of Langer's (1984) PReP activity to investigate manifestations of comprehension and engagement in the post-colonial EFL reading setting of Qatar. Using a multidisciplinary orientation that combines quantitative and qualitative analysis, the study est…
Despite various efforts made by the Indonesian government to improve students' language arts mastery, students still consider the language arts subject uninteresting and difficult to learn. This qualitative study explored the implementation of literature based instruction, a lan…
The present study investigated the influence of different testing methods on students' reading comprehension of English texts. Specifically, it explored how the readers' ability in the second language (L2), their reading ability in the first language (L1), and the language of th…
This dissertation represents a case study of a nonformal, functional education program. The study was designed to ascertain which elements contributed to successful acquisition and retention of literacy skills. Data were collected through use of an interview-survey, analyzed, an…
The main interest of this study was to investigate whether the effects discourse signals which signalled the main ideas and a structural advance organizer which described the structure of the main ideas of expository texts would facilitate Indonesian EFL learners to understand a…
Malaysian teachers are constantly seeking ways to improve their students' reading in English and thereby enhance the learning of their students. One method of doing this is to bring critical and creative thinking to the forefront of the curriculum. This has been emphasized by th…
The purpose of the study, "Value and Authenticity: Young Adult Readers Respond to African American Literature" (hereafter known as "Value"), was to discover how four middle school students take up some traditionally used classroom novels. In other words, "Value" wanted to find o…
This study examined the strategies that young children used to identify print that was both a meaningful and functional part of their preschool environment (their names and classroom labels). Previous researchers, using environmental print such as advertising logos, had found th…
Değerler eğitimi alanında yapılan çalışmalar, çocukların ahlaki gelişimlerine katkı sağlamaktadır. Söz konusu çalışmalar içinde özellikle 19. Yüzyıldan günümüze kadar yayınlanmış olan çocuk süreli yayınları da yer almaktadır. Çocuklara Mahsus Gazete bu yayınlardan biri olmakla b…
Bu araştırmada Çoklu Zekâ Kuramı uygulamasının birinci sınıf öğrencilerinin ilkokuma ve yazma öğretimindeki başarılarına ve çoklu zeka alanlarının gelişimine etkisinin incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Son test kontrol gruplu deneme modeline uygun olarak düzenlenen araştırmada aşağıd…
Learning to read in English is difficult for adult English language learners due to their diverse background, their level of experience with literacy in their first language, and their reason and desire for wanting to learn to read in English. Teachers of adult language learners…
Bu araştırmada, ilkokullarda okullar arası başarı farkı ve bu farkın nedenleri incelenmiştir. Araştırma iki temel amaca sahiptir. Bunlardan ilki ilkokullarda okullar arasında başarı farkının ve ne ölçüde olduğunun ortaya konmasıdır. İkinci amaç ise ilkokullarda okullar arası baş…
Bu araştırmada, 10-11 yaş çocuklarda fiziksel etkinlik kartları ve video oyun konsollu hareket etkinliklerinin dikkat, ekran ve kağıt okuma performansı üzerine etkisinin incelenmesi amacı ile yapılmıştır. Deneysel modele uygun olarak düzenlenen bu araştırmada şu sorulara cevap a…
Executive functioning (EF) is an important domain general control process implicated in the development of successful reading. While a number of previous studies have investigated the role of EF in children with reading difficulties (RD), results have been mixed due to lack of c…
It is widely known that reading comprehension is a critical skill that all students must develop to successfully achieve in school and beyond. Being able to read proficiently ultimately has a direct effect on an individual’s ability to be productive in society. For decades, mino…
One of the second language (L2) instructional approaches perceived as promising is data-driven learning (DDL) – the use of computer-generated concordances for language teaching and learning. DDL provides students with the opportunity to analyze language forms across contexts fou…
The purpose of this study is to examine student and teacher talk as they co-constructed meanings from literary texts and from Islamic religious texts with the supports of select process drama strategies. After the exploration of the nature of classroom discourse in the dramatic …
English has become an influential language in the Saudi Arabian educational system and the Saudi government has launched various initiatives to improve both the quality of English language teaching and learning at secondary and college levels. However, Saudi English Foreign Lang…