Communicative Literacy Pedagogy: Engaging EAL Students in Reading Comprehension

Autor/in	Miller, Jennifer
Titel	Communicative Literacy Pedagogy: Engaging EAL Students in Reading Comprehension
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 48 (2013) 1, S.36-45 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Literacy Education; English for Academic Purposes; Teaching Methods; Discourse Analysis; Classroom Communication; Reading Comprehension; Communicative Competence (Languages); Newspapers; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Vocabulary Development; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Secondary School Students; Low Income; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Diskursanalyse; Klassengespräch; Leseverstehen; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Newspaper; Zeitung; Wortschatzarbeit; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sekundarschüler; Niedriglohn; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	In culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms reading comprehension is essential for students to access all areas of the curriculum. For English as an Additional Language (EAL) students, research has identified the need to combine literacy strategies with second language principles to scaffold students' comprehension of text. To illustrate this approach, this article analyses classroom discourse in one Year 8 English lesson using a newspaper report as text. The paper first presents the context and aims of the study, followed by its conceptual approach. Research on both reading comprehension and communicative language teaching is used to generate aspects of subject English pedagogy that scaffold students' engagement with text. The analysis demonstrates a communicative pedagogy involving substantive interactions around text, as well as insight into the complexity of vocabulary and comprehension teaching as part of reading development in English classes. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for the Teaching of English. English House, 416 Magill Road, Kensington Gardens, SA 5068 Australia. Tel: +61-8-8332-2845; Fax: +61-8-8333-0394; e-mail: aate@aate.org.au; Web site: http://www.aate.org.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10