I have a question about the justification for explicitly teaching reading comprehension skills. Is there any research that supports this practice? I found the...
Teaching comprehension skills ????.People can comprehend well enough.!!TThe problem is that here is no common assessment of comprehension so that extensive...
Hello, I'm a long-standing lurker, so I feel a bit cheeky about posting, but here goes. Do you really think ALL people comprehend well enough? I would think...
Hi I think the question can be seen too much in black and white (i.e. do, we, don't we teach XYZ?). There is certainly a case for teaching some aspects of the...
Thanks for your response .I see have been talking above your processing level so I will try to simplify it a li`l fir you . ! .All people who want to learn...
Dear John, You wrote: To develop omprehension all you have to do is find where the learner reads with authority and expression -where metacognition is taking...
Does anyone know the history of teaching reading skills? When did this format of teaching develop? What sort of methods were used previously. (I'm sure Frank...
... processing level so I will try to simplify it a li`l fir you . Thanks for that. I'm sure I needed it. So what/how we were taught in the sixties was right...
Dear Mari , Metacognition is actively interpreting and constructing meaning . In other words it is what everyone else calls reading . re : Reading with...
Hi Fiona , I know nothing about how the profoundly deaf process text ...and you have started another line of enquiry for me which will probably entail months...
Thanks for all the replies thus far to my question about the value of teaching reading comprehension skills and strategies. I have little doubt that teaching...
Dear John, Thanks for your reply. I had never thought that metacognition equates 'reading.' My understanding was that metacognition is not skill-specific. It ...
Hi all, I have taken on the challenge of designing a curriculum-wide reading course for my university. I was able, a few years ago, to get a library of 1,000...
Hi, all I hope that John Callahan can expand on his response to Scott Miles' request for research data on explicit teaching. I didn't get what he was driving...
Dear John, Thanks for the clarification. I am glad to know that what you described matches with the result of my action research on a reading program for YLs. ...
This discussion reminds me of a Russian friend I had when I was living in St.Petersburg. He was a university student and his subject was nuclear chemistry. One...
I guess China may be like Spain, but no idea really. Most of the coursebooks here teach "reading skills" which aren't actually reading skills at all (certainly...
Hi everyone, I've been following the recent therd with interest and awe. I have a couple of comments to make although I'm affraid many of you might disagree. ...
Here's another link on metacognition and reading: http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/articles/2003/07/anderson "Reading with authority and expression" this...
A few comments on Mayora's reply 1. the 'metacognition equals reading' argument is from one person, not the whole group. I'll let him respond to your comments...
I have been very interested in this series of messages about reading skills, and I wish had time to reply to several comments that have been posted. In my...
dear mari , Journal article on metaconitions. Inspiration 1 . A. S Neill ( Summerhill ) School Lymn Regis , England for giving the children the freedom to...
ER A metacognitive assessment includes a vocabulary understanding assessment, of course A good metacogitive assessment will allow synergies in listening ,...
Thank you for the article Brenda. It gives us a lot to think about. Some notes on that article and your post: 1. I am open to the idea that learners with...
Dear John, Thank you very much for taking time to send the links. Best wishes, Mari ... giving the children the freedom to learn and develop safely. ... ...
... Hi Ron, I didn't notice any replies to you on this list. I have just a few ideas, most of which have been on this list recently but here they are. I've put...
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Hello all, ... So the issue is, do we or don't we start teaching reading with instructed alphabetic principle instruction? The article suggests that those who...
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