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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"reading environment"”.
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A Comparison Study of the Experiences of Educators and Non-Educators in Promoting Reading and Reading Related Skills of their Own Preschool Children
… for this study was to evaluate the home literacy environments of educators and non-educators to investigate whether educators provide "richer" home environments than non-educator mothers. This research explores the mothers' perceptions of their children, views of reading, methods of promoting a …
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Impact Of Self-Selected Versus Prescribed Level Reading On Arabic Speaking Ell Students: A Mixed Methods Study
… OF SELF-SELECTED VERSUS PRESCRIBED LEVEL READING ON ARABIC SPEAKING ELL STUDENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY</p> <p>by</p> <p>MANAL M. ASSI</p> <p>May 2016</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Sandra Gonzales</p> <p>Major: Curriculum and Instruction; English as a Second Language </p> <p>Degree: Doctor of …
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Effects of Narrative Video Script Advance Organizer Strategies Used to Introduce Video in the Foreign Language Classroom
… Force Academy.</p> <p>In the collaborative group reading condition (AOg), students read a target language narrative video script aloud in small groups. Students then watched the video corresponding to the script they had read and took a 10-question English only multiple choice test. In the quiet …
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Reading for Pleasure in Nigeria: An In-depth Case Study of the Reading Habits of a Small Group of 9–12 Year Olds in Nigeria
… This qualitative study therefore explores reading for pleasure done by a group of 9–12 year olds in a book club in Nigeria. It aims to shed light on the extent to which the children read, how, what, when and why they read, and the factors that affect their engagement with reading for …
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Utilisation of digital media in improving children's reading habits
… interest has meant that data about children¿s reading habits were needed, and the present study was intended as a contribution towards this aim. Interviews were conducted with Jordanian writers, publishers, child specialists, and various children¿s cultural centres. The managers and personnel …
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How can differentiated literacy instruction be improved and thus increase independent reading skills, motivation and confidence in a second class context?
… was to assess the impact of implementing the Reading Workshop on fostering independent reading skills. The initiative was enacted in response to an opportunity to change the researcher’s practice, to improve literacy instruction. The work focused on the use of a “Reading Workshop” (Calkins, …
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The Transferability of Reading Strategies between L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English)
… Libyans university students’ transferability of reading strategies from the first language (Arabic) to the foreign language (English) and vice versa. In a foreign language environment, textbooks are usually the only medium for practising reading in that language. Reading textbooks prescribed in …