Teaching Second Language Reading
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Students who are English language learners (ELL) are becoming a greater part of our school culture Classroom teachers need to be ready and able to teach children whose first language is not English. But often, without some professional... more
Despite efforts to integrate all levels of foreign language (FL) instruction, reading remains on the periphery of beginning language study. Reading extended texts is outcast to an even greater degree. This article addresses this issue... more
There is a new (enlarged) edition of the same material in the four volume course book from 2017. See a) Veselovská, 2017: English Morphology b) Veselovská, 2017: English Morphosyntax c) Veselovská, 2017: English Syntax 1 d) Veselovská,... more
Writing center self-access libraries have a firm place in North American and non-North American contexts, as do the composition-related materials therein, i.e., rhetorics (e.g., anthologies of paragraphs and essays); however, as the... more
One of the characteristics of the well-documented bifurcation in collegiate foreign language (FL) instruction is the difficult transition from lower- to upper-level instruction. Particularly pronounced are the expectations placed on... more
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of instructional methods based on phonics instruction in reading classes to improve students participation therefore they can develop to their maximum potential. Using qualitative... more
Ordinary National Educational Test (O-NET), a high-stakes test, is used for the purpose of accountability in Thai educational system, evaluating academic performance of students and a gate-keeper to recruit prospective candidates into... more
This is the description (first page of the syllabus) of the FSL pedagogy course "Teaching Reading in the FSL Classroom" that I designed and taught in the French Department at the University of Toronto.
Watch the eyes of the struggling readers with whom you are working. You can get a lot of information. If they are force fed a steady diet of phonics, you will see a different type of eye movement than if they have a more balanced (and... more
This paper questions the role of grammar in language teaching and learning. Firstly it identifies the constituencies in academic language teaching, and their often conflicting notions of language programs. Several kinds of learners are... more
Do you struggle with how to motivate English learners to read? Are your students frustrated with leveled readers? Are you puzzled by grade level readability metrics? Choosing the right books to read is the key to motivating readers and... more