Reader's Theater: An Alternative Tool to Develop Reading Fluency among Thai EFL Learners

Autor/in	Lekwilai, Panya
Titel	Reader's Theater: An Alternative Tool to Develop Reading Fluency among Thai EFL Learners
Quelle	In: PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 48 (2014), S.89-111 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0125-2488
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Correlation; Reading Fluency; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Reading Comprehension; Word Recognition; Oral Reading; Theater Arts; Teaching Methods; Reading Instruction; Scripts; Language Teachers; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Korrelation; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Leseverstehen; Worterkennung; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Theaterwissenschaft; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Leseunterricht; Skript; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Fluency in reading is critical for becoming a successful reader and strongly correlates with reading comprehension. Fluency in reading refers to appropriate reading speed, accurate word recognition, appropriate phrasing, and appropriate expression when reading orally. Reader's Theater (RT) is a reading instructional method that requires readers to read aloud from scripts. It is recognized as a method that helps develop reading fluency of L1 and ESL/EFL learners of different levels of proficiency. RT also incentivizes and persuades learners to re-read the same text several times. This paper will explore the benefits of RT as well as suggestions about how it could be applied as an alternative tool for fluency instructions in the Thai EFL context. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Chulalongkorn University Language Institute. Prem Purachatra Building, Chulalongkom University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Tel: +66-2-218-6092; Fax: +66-2-218-6104; e-mail: pasaa.editor@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.culi.chula.ac.th/Publicationsonline/home_p1.php
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01