Cipriano, J. (2011). 32 tips for ells. Scholastic Instructor, 36-38.
The author of the article describes 32 tips that teachers can implement for English Language Learners. Such ideas include: ideas for first day of school, ways to help them build vocabulary, and tips for reading lessons. The article provides some useful and innovative guidelines; however, it does not appear to be beneficial because it does not go into much detail about the strategies therefore additional research would have to be conducted. Because the article did not include research from other authors that demonstrated an alternative point of view, we concluded that the author of this article demonstrated biases when writing this article.
Dalton, B., & Grisham, D.L. (2011). …show more content…
Listening previewing is described as having the students to listen to a story before they began reading. The authors suggest that this strategy helps with students comprehending the information. Furthermore, the authors described vocabulary previewing; this is when the students are given a list of vocabulary words and definition that appear in the text prior to them reading the story. The researchers designed a study in which they paired vocabulary previewing with listening previewing with the expectation that the combination would lead to the highest levels of comprehension. The findings of the study proved only to be significant when the two strategies are placed together. This article could be beneficial in that it describes two different vocabulary techniques that can be used and discusses how affective the combination of the two can be. This article also provides some contradictory research which states that some researchers believe that vocabulary previewing does not assist with overall comprehension, only target words. For the reason listed above we concluded that the author did not display biases when writing this …show more content…
The typical classroom has a word wall. The authors recommended taking that traditional word wall one step further. An e-word wall is designed and used on a computer. It has not only the word, but also a picture of what the word represents, a recording of the words, and a recording of the word used in a sentence. In the article the authors explained how teachers could easily setup a word wall on the computer using PowerPoint. Although the authors intended that the wall be for students with learning disabilities and students with autistic spectrum disorders, we think that it word be a great asset to a regular education classroom. We inferred that the authors aren’t bias about the strategy, because they acknowledged that a word wall doesn’t teach vocabulary. The authors suggested that the e-word be used as a supplementary tool for teaching
The author of the article describes 32 tips that teachers can implement for English Language Learners. Such ideas include: ideas for first day of school, ways to help them build vocabulary, and tips for reading lessons. The article provides some useful and innovative guidelines; however, it does not appear to be beneficial because it does not go into much detail about the strategies therefore additional research would have to be conducted. Because the article did not include research from other authors that demonstrated an alternative point of view, we concluded that the author of this article demonstrated biases when writing this article.
Dalton, B., & Grisham, D.L. (2011). …show more content…
Listening previewing is described as having the students to listen to a story before they began reading. The authors suggest that this strategy helps with students comprehending the information. Furthermore, the authors described vocabulary previewing; this is when the students are given a list of vocabulary words and definition that appear in the text prior to them reading the story. The researchers designed a study in which they paired vocabulary previewing with listening previewing with the expectation that the combination would lead to the highest levels of comprehension. The findings of the study proved only to be significant when the two strategies are placed together. This article could be beneficial in that it describes two different vocabulary techniques that can be used and discusses how affective the combination of the two can be. This article also provides some contradictory research which states that some researchers believe that vocabulary previewing does not assist with overall comprehension, only target words. For the reason listed above we concluded that the author did not display biases when writing this …show more content…
The typical classroom has a word wall. The authors recommended taking that traditional word wall one step further. An e-word wall is designed and used on a computer. It has not only the word, but also a picture of what the word represents, a recording of the words, and a recording of the word used in a sentence. In the article the authors explained how teachers could easily setup a word wall on the computer using PowerPoint. Although the authors intended that the wall be for students with learning disabilities and students with autistic spectrum disorders, we think that it word be a great asset to a regular education classroom. We inferred that the authors aren’t bias about the strategy, because they acknowledged that a word wall doesn’t teach vocabulary. The authors suggested that the e-word be used as a supplementary tool for teaching