Inviting Reluctant Readers
Inviting Reluctant adolescent readers into the literacy club:
Some Comprehension strategies to tutor individuals or small groups of reluctant readers.
By: Elizabeth Bifuh Ambe
Summary:
“Inviting reluctant readers into the literacy club: Some comprehension strategies to tutor individuals or small groups of reluctant readers” by Elizabeth Bifuh Ambe is an interesting look into strategies that may be used to motivate young readers. The author focuses on increasing motivation through building background knowledge, vocabulary development, and improving comprehension. The article starts out with a vignette about a young boy named Jaime who is disenchanted with reading. Jaime has a lot of personal issues that take away from his schooling, and is not …show more content…
. . ] These behaviors begin a negative cycle of slow and laborious reading, poor interaction with text, less text covered, limited background knowledge acquired from information found in texts, lack of motivation to engage in reading, and slow progress in reading achievement” (2007).
According to the author, when teaching vocabulary, it is most important to teach it using context clues. This will expose the reader to a small number of words taught intensely, and provide more exposure to the word. The author also focuses on the importance of improving comprehension. Ambe stresses the success of The Directed Reading Thinking Activity or DRTA. Ambe writes that the use of prediction, questioning, and purpose setting is effective with any type of text. Ultimately the author states that the use of these intervention strategies is extremely successful for the purpose of motivating young reluctant readers. She also discusses that these strategies could be used one on one or in small groups, and still produce a successful outcome.
Some Comprehension strategies to tutor individuals or small groups of reluctant readers.
By: Elizabeth Bifuh Ambe
Summary:
“Inviting reluctant readers into the literacy club: Some comprehension strategies to tutor individuals or small groups of reluctant readers” by Elizabeth Bifuh Ambe is an interesting look into strategies that may be used to motivate young readers. The author focuses on increasing motivation through building background knowledge, vocabulary development, and improving comprehension. The article starts out with a vignette about a young boy named Jaime who is disenchanted with reading. Jaime has a lot of personal issues that take away from his schooling, and is not …show more content…
. . ] These behaviors begin a negative cycle of slow and laborious reading, poor interaction with text, less text covered, limited background knowledge acquired from information found in texts, lack of motivation to engage in reading, and slow progress in reading achievement” (2007).
According to the author, when teaching vocabulary, it is most important to teach it using context clues. This will expose the reader to a small number of words taught intensely, and provide more exposure to the word. The author also focuses on the importance of improving comprehension. Ambe stresses the success of The Directed Reading Thinking Activity or DRTA. Ambe writes that the use of prediction, questioning, and purpose setting is effective with any type of text. Ultimately the author states that the use of these intervention strategies is extremely successful for the purpose of motivating young reluctant readers. She also discusses that these strategies could be used one on one or in small groups, and still produce a successful outcome.