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Tag: reading and eal
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How to think critically about reading and writing when working with EAL learners
Why do we read? We read for different reasons, and our expectations of texts differ accordingly. In school, much of the reading we ask learners to do is in pursuit…
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Help your EAL learners create order from chaos by giving them a way to make sense of the new words they encounter
‘Word Taxonomies’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Taxonomies are a way of dividing information into ordered groups or categories. They are a method of systematization in which similar things are…
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Give reading a purpose and watch as your EAL learners are happier to persist, keep going, and work their way through more challenging texts
‘Purpose for Reading’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Most reading is done for a purpose. It could be for pleasure, for learning, or to find out information. If it is…
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Call on the visual immediacy of the humble highlighter to help your EAL learners read with greater confidence and skill
‘Pre-Highlight’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale When faced with an unfamiliar text, there are various strategies we can use. We might decide to read everything through and then begin again,…