Thinking aloud, talking, and learning to read: esl reading comprehension training in small cooperative groups
Training students to become independent skillful readers is a major concern of the EFL reading teacher. How can we best train students in selecting and applying reading strategies so that they become more efficient readers? Can we ensure that an increase in students’ awareness of the need to use str...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2000-01-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/8153 |
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| Summary: | Training students to become independent skillful readers is a major concern of the EFL reading teacher. How can we best train students in selecting and applying reading strategies so that they become more efficient readers? Can we ensure that an increase in students’ awareness of the need to use strategies will help them become more skillful
readers? These questions served as a trigger for this study.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether verbal articulation of reading behavior in a small group will improve foreign language comprehension. It is our contention that using verbalization in small groups will raise metacognitive awareness which will in turn enhance effective use of skills and strategies and result in improvement in reading comprehension. We assume that the special features that
characterize small group interactions can provide an appropriate setting for raising metacognitive awareness. |
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| ISSN: | 0101-4846 2175-8026 |