In order to post on something different, I am going to write about Gibbons chapter 5. The focus of this chapter was to help ELL's comprehend what it is that they reading. The key factor of comprehension when reading in English is that the student knows how to read and comprehend in their own language. When students know how to read in their own langauge, the strategies that they use to read and comprehend what they are reading often come into play when reading in English. Another key factor in comprehension is that of knowing the cuture. I feel that this is one of the greatest factors in reading comprehension. When students do not understand the culture they are living in, they are going to have trouble reading texts that come from that culture. In order to help facilitate reading comprehension for ELL's who do not have a firm grasp on the American culture, students can be paired up with a buddy. This buddy can help to explain to the ELL certain aspects of the culture they are living in. It would be most beneficial to the ELL if he or she were paired with a buddy during reading. When reading together, the buddy can make cultural concepts more clear for the ELL, and thereby make reading comprehension easier as well.
Until next time,
*Lisa*
Sorry this was sooooo late :(
1 comment:
I really liked how you pointed out that it is important for the ESL students to read and comprehend in their own language- I know that this isn’t a necessity in order for a student to learn English, but I know that the learning reading strategies can help a lot. I also agree that comprehension is that of knowing culture- In my TE 494 class, I am in an ESL class and while I was working with a 5th grade student on her book report, I noticed that her book was full of idioms and plays on words. I feel that these are cultural things that impeded on her comprehension. The buddy system (that Lisa discussed) works in this situation- as we read the book, we frequently stop and explain the idioms and other vocabulary words that she doesn’t understand~ this is helpful for her comprehension but it breaks up the reading so much that it is also hard to follow when we have to stop so much.
-Nicole Lendo
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