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Jane E. Hardy; Victoria Rodrigo – Dimensions, 2025
Extensive reading is an approach to language learning that encourages learners to read a large quantity of easy reading material. A substantial body of research confirms the effectiveness of this approach for developing proficiency in both first (L1) and second (L2) languages. This paper explains what extensive reading is, why it is important, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Habits, Reading Materials
Gloria Schultz Eastman – English Journal, 2015
When teachers engage student confidence in discerning visual metaphor and when they make students aware of their skills, they can teach them how to transfer the reading of the visual to the reading of text. This article details some activities for facilitating that transfer. Engaging and challenging visual activities can lead to an enhanced…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Visual Literacy, Poetry, Reading Instruction

Cole, Jill E. – Reading Teacher, 2003
Examines what motivates students to read by looking at four literacy personalities. Explores readers' beliefs, readers' reasons and purposes, and readers' affective reactions. Proposes that self-efficacy is important at the beginning of a literacy event. Provides some practical ideas for classroom teachers to discover students' literacy…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Literacy, Primary Education, Reading Assignments
Caldwell, JoAnne; Leslie, Lauren – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
When proficient middle school readers enter high school, it is generally expected that they can successfully comprehend high school text. If any literacy instruction is provided in high school, it is generally limited to students with a history of struggling with reading. Is it a reasonable expectation that successful middle school readers will be…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Secondary School Curriculum, Literacy, Middle School Students

Schaudt, Barbara A. – Reading Psychology, 1987
Contends that the addition of the microcomputer as a learning tool may enhance student learning and increase teacher effectiveness using the direct instruction approach. Discusses patterns associated with teacher effectiveness, practical application of the direct instruction model, and the incorporation of computer assisted instruction into a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Models

Travers, Molly – English in Australia, 1987
Presents a study of students in Australia, Canada, and England and examines grade nine students' written responses to writing over a two year period and their opinions of the books they read. Suggests that for students of that age, creative written responses to writing are the most imaginative. (JC)
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, Novels, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship
Correia, Rosane – English Teaching Forum, 2006
Using a reading lesson designed for advanced university students in Brazil, the author discusses different types of exercises that can help students become more active readers and be more critical about the reading materials. The author distinguishes between passive and active reading tasks and argues that active tasks are more beneficial because…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Critical Reading, Reading Instruction
Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Slater, Sharon Cadman; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Crosson, Amy; Levison, Allison; Peterson, Maureen; Resnick, Lauren; Junker, Brian – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
This study presents preliminary findings from research developing an instructional quality assessment (IQA) toolkit that could be used to monitor the influence of reform initiatives on students' learning environments and to guide professional development efforts within a school or district. This report focuses specifically on the portion of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Assignments, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness