Idea from: Maria Spelleri - on TESL-L
I learned that the instructor needs to provide concrete steps for the
students to follow as they develop reading skills. You can't explain
what a main idea is and say "Find the main idea." The steps that a
naturally good reader follows subconsciously must be made conscious for
many learners. For example, we can begin looking for the main idea by
figuring out what the topic is. We can figure out what the topic is by
circling words that seem to appear with some frequency in a text. (A
passage on vast and intricate international marketing of Coca-Cola will
likely have the word "market" "countries" "Coca-Cola" in it many times.)
Once students establish that the general topic is about marketing Coke
in different countries, etc.
The "Think Aloud" strategy for self- awareness of a cognitive process
has been used with great promise in reading comprehension. The basic
premise is that students are taught to verbalize what is going on in
their heads as they read, stopping often to question aloud or verbalize
an image that comes to their mind as they read. Here are some websites
with some basics on the idea:
http://www.rogerfarr.com/mcr/usingta/usingta.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=139
http://www.brevard.edu/fyc/listserv/remarks/calderandcarlson.htm
I wanted to share this great collection of on-line journal articles
that examine studies, trends, and ideas in reading instruction,
especially as it pertains to English for Speakers of Other Languages. Be
sure to copy the entire link.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/teachers/prof_read/sections/read
ing_sec_e.php
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