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Pole, Kathryn – Reading Teacher, 2015
This article presents research that investigated how a school year-long letter-writing project between kindergarten students and extended family members could facilitate literacy development in students, as well as provide a way to build inter-generational bonds through correspondence focused on family history and stories. Analysis centered on the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Letters (Correspondence), Emergent Literacy, Family School Relationship
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Ahlquist, Sharon – Education 3-13, 2015
In the Storyline approach, a fictive world is created in the classroom, with learners working in small groups, taking on the role of characters in a story. The story develops as they work on a range of tasks which integrate the practical and theoretical content of the curriculum. This article reports on a study based on the syllabus for English,…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Liu, Chen-Chung; Chen, Holly S. L.; Shih, Ju-Ling; Huang, Guo-Ting; Liu, Baw-Jhiune – Computers & Education, 2011
Storytelling is an imperative and innovative pathway to enhance learning due to the fact that such activity prompts learners to reflect to construct meaning based on their observations and knowledge. Therefore, to develop and enhance students' storytelling ability has become an important issue for both educators and researchers. Since storytelling…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Story Grammar, Story Telling
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Modiba, Maropeng; Stewart, Sandra – Research in Education, 2013
In this paper we draw on theories of teaching English as a second language (L2) to examine ways in which a teacher taught a novel to Grade 9 students whose home language is not English. How this second language English-speaker engaged with and spoke about her teaching highlighted her understanding of the challenges students seemed to experience…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Novels, English Instruction
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Ray, Melissa N.; Meyer, Bonnie J. F. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
In this review of literature we examine empirical research of individual differences in younger readers' knowledge and use of expository text structures. The goal of this review is to explore the influence of reader and text characteristics in order to better understand the instructional needs of elementary school readers. First we review research…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Knowledge Level, Expository Writing, Literature Reviews
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Ibnian, Salem Saleh Khalaf – English Language Teaching, 2010
The current study aimed at investigating the effect of using the story-mapping technique on developing tenth grade students' short story writing skills in EFL. The study attempted to answer the following questions: (1) What are the short story writing skills needed for tenth grade students in EFL?; and (2) What is the effect of the using the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Grade 10, Story Grammar