How and Why Strategy Instruction Can Improve Second Language Reading Comprehension: A Review

Autor/inn/en	Friesen, Deanna C.; Haigh, Corinne A.
Titel	How and Why Strategy Instruction Can Improve Second Language Reading Comprehension: A Review
Quelle	In: Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 18 (2018) 1, S.1-18 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-242X
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Reading Strategies; Reading Instruction; Reading Comprehension; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Executive Function; Native Language; Bilingualism; Learning Theories; Transfer of Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Leseunterricht; Leseverstehen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Bilingualismus; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung
Abstract	Increasingly, children enter the school system with a home language that differs from the language of the majority. Consequently, classrooms have students with diverse language backgrounds and teachers must develop reading comprehension instruction that meets the needs of all their students. To successfully plan instruction, it is critical for teachers to understand the strengths that second language learners (SLLs) bring to the classroom as well as the potential difficulties they face. Here we review the literature on reading comprehension development and utilize cognitive frameworks to describe the knowledge, skills, and processes involved during reading for meaning. We use these theories to explain why SLLs may have difficulty with reading comprehension and how we might leverage their strengths in domains such as executive control to support their reading comprehension development. We further highlight for educators how strategy instruction aligns directly with cognitive theories of reading comprehension. Ideally, such examples will enable educators to explicitly articulate for their students how effective strategies enable the development of comprehensive mental representations of the text, and ultimately enable good text comprehension. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01