The document summarizes Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" where she discusses growing up using different Englishes and languages. Tan explains how using different languages and dialects contributes to one's identity and ability to navigate mainstream culture. She describes speaking differently to her mother than her husband. Tan provides examples of her mother in the hospital and a stockbroker to illustrate how others make assumptions based on language use.
The document provides a summary and teaching resources for the story "Anansi and Turtle" from the School Journal. It describes the story as a traditional tale from Nigeria about Anansi the spider and Turtle playing tricks on each other. The summary suggests that students will enjoy discussing the story and identifying the moral or message within it. It also provides background on the storytelling tradition in Nigeria and guidance for teachers on preparing, reading, and discussing the story with students.
Problem and Prospect of Using Literature to Teach Writing in English as a Sec...inventionjournals
This conceptual paper intends to evaluate the problems and prospects of teaching English language skills particularly writing skill through literature. The importance of literature in language teaching will also be of emphasis in the paper. However, the poor performances of students in English language in both internal and external examinations, low quality of education all over the world prompt educationists and teachers of language to think and develop innovative approaches for teaching the language. In view of this, this author decides to see how literature can be used to enhance students’ knowledge of the language and as a way of developing knowledge of writing skill as innovation in language teaching. Therefore, this paper will look at the problem and prospect of teaching literature in higher institutions as a way of enhancing English language learning
English book 2 student 2016 - 2017 (Level 5 b1.1)Gabriel Guerrón
This document provides information about an English textbook for high school students in Ecuador. It includes details about the textbook such as the authors and editors, as well as introductory messages. The document outlines the overall goals and structure of the textbook, which aims to promote good living and teach English through topics like the news, history, character, and technology. It is intended to support students' learning both inside and outside the classroom.
The document provides information about new curriculum and literary works for the Literature in English elective subject for Form 4 students beginning in 2007. It includes the revised syllabus, list of new literary works, and exam requirements. Short stories, novels, poetry, and drama will be studied to develop students' appreciation of literature and language skills. Teachers will be trained and provided resources to implement the new syllabus.
Here are some key teaching tips for using Postcards:
- Set up a structured and supportive classroom environment where students feel encouraged, motivated, and challenged. Maintain routines for different parts of the lesson.
- Personalize learning by learning students' names, interests, and providing tailored exercises. Maintain eye contact and show interest in individual students.
- Keep students actively involved by limiting front-of-class explanations and eliciting information from students through questions. Alternate whole-class and individual participation.
- Maintain a fun, challenging pace by setting time limits and moving lessons along at a good speed. This will motivate students.
- Give clear instructions and provide models. Clarify any misunderstandings immediately
This document provides an overview of the English B1.1 textbook series for high school students. It describes the series' objectives to introduce English through a variety of activities tapping into students' lives and interests. Each book contains 6 language units focusing on listening, speaking, reading, writing and developing vocabulary and grammar skills. The series also promotes students' cognitive and social development through collaborative projects and information gap activities. It is designed based on theories of multiple intelligences and task-based learning to engage students through real-life language tasks while also providing focused grammar instruction. Cooperative learning forms the basis of many activities to develop students' interaction skills. Cross-curricular activities further expose students to various topics from other subject areas.
This document is the introduction from the teacher's edition of the English language textbook Postcards. It provides an overview of the course components and principles behind the course design. The course aims to engage teenage students by focusing on relevant topics and activities. It offers a variety of exercises to develop language skills while allowing students opportunities for self-evaluation and monitoring progress. The teacher's edition provides lesson notes and answer keys to support teaching the student book, workbook, and additional materials. Suggestions are also given for effective classroom management.
The document summarizes Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" where she discusses growing up using different Englishes and languages. Tan explains how using different languages and dialects contributes to one's identity and ability to navigate mainstream culture. She describes speaking differently to her mother than her husband. Tan provides examples of her mother in the hospital and a stockbroker to illustrate how others make assumptions based on language use.
The document provides a summary and teaching resources for the story "Anansi and Turtle" from the School Journal. It describes the story as a traditional tale from Nigeria about Anansi the spider and Turtle playing tricks on each other. The summary suggests that students will enjoy discussing the story and identifying the moral or message within it. It also provides background on the storytelling tradition in Nigeria and guidance for teachers on preparing, reading, and discussing the story with students.
Problem and Prospect of Using Literature to Teach Writing in English as a Sec...inventionjournals
This conceptual paper intends to evaluate the problems and prospects of teaching English language skills particularly writing skill through literature. The importance of literature in language teaching will also be of emphasis in the paper. However, the poor performances of students in English language in both internal and external examinations, low quality of education all over the world prompt educationists and teachers of language to think and develop innovative approaches for teaching the language. In view of this, this author decides to see how literature can be used to enhance students’ knowledge of the language and as a way of developing knowledge of writing skill as innovation in language teaching. Therefore, this paper will look at the problem and prospect of teaching literature in higher institutions as a way of enhancing English language learning
English book 2 student 2016 - 2017 (Level 5 b1.1)Gabriel Guerrón
This document provides information about an English textbook for high school students in Ecuador. It includes details about the textbook such as the authors and editors, as well as introductory messages. The document outlines the overall goals and structure of the textbook, which aims to promote good living and teach English through topics like the news, history, character, and technology. It is intended to support students' learning both inside and outside the classroom.
The document provides information about new curriculum and literary works for the Literature in English elective subject for Form 4 students beginning in 2007. It includes the revised syllabus, list of new literary works, and exam requirements. Short stories, novels, poetry, and drama will be studied to develop students' appreciation of literature and language skills. Teachers will be trained and provided resources to implement the new syllabus.
Here are some key teaching tips for using Postcards:
- Set up a structured and supportive classroom environment where students feel encouraged, motivated, and challenged. Maintain routines for different parts of the lesson.
- Personalize learning by learning students' names, interests, and providing tailored exercises. Maintain eye contact and show interest in individual students.
- Keep students actively involved by limiting front-of-class explanations and eliciting information from students through questions. Alternate whole-class and individual participation.
- Maintain a fun, challenging pace by setting time limits and moving lessons along at a good speed. This will motivate students.
- Give clear instructions and provide models. Clarify any misunderstandings immediately
This document provides an overview of the English B1.1 textbook series for high school students. It describes the series' objectives to introduce English through a variety of activities tapping into students' lives and interests. Each book contains 6 language units focusing on listening, speaking, reading, writing and developing vocabulary and grammar skills. The series also promotes students' cognitive and social development through collaborative projects and information gap activities. It is designed based on theories of multiple intelligences and task-based learning to engage students through real-life language tasks while also providing focused grammar instruction. Cooperative learning forms the basis of many activities to develop students' interaction skills. Cross-curricular activities further expose students to various topics from other subject areas.
This document is the introduction from the teacher's edition of the English language textbook Postcards. It provides an overview of the course components and principles behind the course design. The course aims to engage teenage students by focusing on relevant topics and activities. It offers a variety of exercises to develop language skills while allowing students opportunities for self-evaluation and monitoring progress. The teacher's edition provides lesson notes and answer keys to support teaching the student book, workbook, and additional materials. Suggestions are also given for effective classroom management.
This document outlines the standards for English Language Arts and Literacy for kindergarten through 5th grade. It includes the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards, which provide broad standards that define what students should understand and be able to do by the end of each grade. The standards are broken down into sections including Reading Standards for Literature, Reading Standards for Informational Text, Reading Standards: Foundational Skills, and Writing Standards. Each section lists the standards for each grade level kindergarten through 5th grade. The standards define the key skills students should master in areas such as reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and writing.
This document provides an overview of the lessons and activities for a quarter 1 English course focused on searching for knowledge about African and Asian traditions and values. The introduction asks students to consider traveling to learn about neighbors in Africa and Asia. Lesson 1 begins students' knowledge quest by having them identify prosodic features in stories and texts, develop strategies for unknown words, and gather information from various sources about traditions and values of selected Afro-Asian countries. The document maps out the lessons and assessments for the quarter aimed at helping students understand their identity as Asians through learning about other cultures.
This document provides information about an English textbook for high school students in Ecuador. It includes the names and roles of government education officials, as well as publishing details. The introduction addresses students and explains that the textbook is meant to support learning guided by teachers. It also references Ecuador's educational initiative to promote "Good Living" through a revised curriculum.
The document introduces the characters of Alex and his friends who are part of the Teen Scene drama and music group. It provides a short self-introduction for each character, describing their name, age, interests and personality traits. The characters introduced are Lori Hudson, Joseph Sanders, Karen Jackson, Diane Sanders, and Alex Romero. Each character shares some biographical details and how they would describe their own personality.
This newsletter provides information about upcoming presentations and events related to literacy for deaf and hard of hearing students. It summarizes two presentations that will occur at an upcoming convention for the Special Interest Group for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Readers. The first presentation will provide a meta-analysis of research on effective writing instruction practices for deaf students. The second will discuss an intervention to improve reading fluency and comprehension among deaf elementary students. The newsletter also shares information about SIG newsletters online, an online course, and a new book related to deaf literacy.
The document provides guidelines for promoting inclusive and non-discriminatory language in educational materials published by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education. It aims to combat sexism and promote gender equality. To achieve this, the Ministry recommends using gender-neutral words like "people" instead of "men" and "teaching staff" instead of "teachers". When neutral terms do not exist, the masculine form will be used generically to refer to both women and men. This practice is recommended by the Royal Spanish Academy and aims to avoid wordiness while allowing collective groups to be referred to using masculine grammar. The document is signed by the President of Ecuador and education officials.
Position paper on language and literacy developmentRe Martins
This document provides recommendations for effective early literacy programs for young English language learners ages 3-8. It recommends that programs support students' native language development, recognize that English proficiency takes time, and use culturally and developmentally appropriate instruction and assessment. Effective programs incorporate students' background knowledge, use a balanced approach to literacy and content, and ensure teachers receive training to meet the needs of linguistically diverse learners. The goal is to build on students' foundation in their first language to support their acquisition of English literacy and academic success.
This paper investigated students’ attitudes and motivation towards learning literature in English in three government secondary schools in Zanzibar (one in urban and two in rural areas). The study had a sample of 96 people; 45 boys, 45 girls, and 6 teachers who were teaching literature in English at the selected schools. They were selected through purposive sampling technique. Mixed method was used. Data were collected through interview, observation, and questionnaires. Predictable variables were number of teachers teaching the subject and their qualifications, learning environment, teaching and learning materials, and students’ attitudes and motivation towards learning the subject. Findings revealed that there was shortage of teachers teaching the subject, and some of them were not trained. Students had positive attitudes and motivation towards learning the subject because it was a source of information not only from their own society but also from the world at large. Additionally, literature in English was found a means of entertainment as well as educating the students. However, students’ positive attitudes and motivation towards learning the subject were hindered by unfavourable conditions such as shortage of literature books, difficult English vocabularies, large class sizes, limited time to read suggested literature books, poor teaching methods, and teachers themselves. As a result the study suggests the provision of appropriate and adequate reading materials to all secondary schools, expose teachers to more training so as to be more knowledgeable about various suitable methods of teaching the subject, and improve classroom learning environment.
This document is the teacher's guide for the English B1.1 textbook. It provides an overview of the textbook's objectives, structure, and teaching approach. The textbook is designed around six language units and uses a task-based approach to introduce vocabulary and grammar through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. It aims to develop students' language skills while also promoting their cognitive and social development. Lessons follow a predictable structure of warm-up, presentation, practice, and application activities. The guide emphasizes creating a student-centered learning environment and tapping into students' multiple intelligences.
The document provides guidelines for using inclusive and non-sexist language in Ecuadorian educational documents and communications. It explains that one of the Ministry of Education's objectives is to promote gender equity in society and education. To achieve this, they recommend using gender-neutral words like "people" instead of "men" and "teaching staff" instead of "teachers". When neutral terms do not exist, the masculine form will be used generically to refer to both women and men. This practice follows the recommendations of the Royal Spanish Academy and aims to avoid wordiness while allowing collective groups to be referred to using masculine grammar. It is signed by the President and Education officials.
This document provides information about the English textbook being distributed by the Ministry of Education in Ecuador. It includes the names and roles of government officials related to education. It also explains that the textbook was adapted from a British publication and aims to teach English according to an internationally recognized framework. The Ministry hopes the new textbooks and approach will motivate both students and teachers to improve their English skills.
Filipino Books and Textbooks - Phoenix Publishing House Lance Kevin
Phoenix Publishing provides textbooks, magazine to guide the future generations of teachers and students in achieving their goals for a transformed society.
Here are the classroom commands:
1. Come in.
2. Sit down.
3. Stand up.
4. Open your book.
5. Close your book.
6. Write.
7. Listen.
8. Raise your hand.
9. Exchange work with a classmate.
This document outlines the PhD project of Viktoria Waagaard which aims to investigate how teaching with a focus on different writing purposes and concepts of social science can benefit student language and knowledge development in a multilingual civics classroom. The study will analyze writing assignments and student texts from two classes to identify which writing purposes are actualized. Preliminary results show the 2020 assignment incorporated more writing purposes from the "Wheel of Writing" framework compared to 2019. The document discusses relevant literature and methodology for further analyzing the purposes of writing in student texts.
This document summarizes and compares two English language coursebooks for young learners: Cookies and Friends A and English Adventure Collection.
Cookies and Friends A is designed for preschool students and focuses on commands, classroom language, and developing creativity through tracing, miming, singing and observing. English Adventure Collection is for students aged 4-10 who have not been exposed to English before; it uses Disney characters to motivate students and incorporates motor skills, coloring, chanting and lessons with a Mickey Mouse puppet.
Both books employ a lexical syllabus with frequent repetition and practice of new words. Cookies and Friends A introduces new language through flashcards and movements while English Adventure Collection uses songs to relate new items to previous
This document provides a daily lesson log for an English class that focuses on objectives, content, learning resources, and procedures for the week. The objectives are centered around composing and delivering an entertainment speech using effective paragraphs, grammatical signals, and appropriate prosody. The content examines stories from Thailand and Malaysia, idiomatic expressions, and bibliographic formatting. Learning resources include textbooks, worksheets, and online materials. The procedures outline daily activities like introducing topics, establishing purposes, practicing skills, finding applications, and evaluating learning. The goal is for students to transfer their learning by composing and delivering a creative speech.
Li (Jerry) Xie Dimensions of Diversity Capstone ProjectKelseyShroyer
The document discusses strategies for teaching English language learners, referencing theories like Krashen's comprehensible input hypothesis. It proposes teaching language through content by providing scaffolded instruction and language objectives. Examples are given for teaching vocabulary through preview, explanation, and review in a reading class while integrating traditional Chinese learning strategies.
Li (Jerry) Xie Dimensions of Diversity_ Capstone Project.pptxJerryXie21
The document discusses a capstone project for a course on dimensions of diversity. It includes an instructional portfolio and reflection on concepts learned, with the goal of demonstrating mastery of course goals related to teaching English language learners, including understanding policies and cultures impacting ELL education and implementing research-based strategies.
The natural approach is a language teaching method that aims to mirror how first languages are acquired. It focuses on comprehensible input, meaning, and communication over explicit grammar instruction. A typical lesson involves exposing students to language through pictures, listening activities, and tasks done in pairs or groups to promote comprehension and use of the target language. The natural approach emphasizes making input comprehensible and creating a low-anxiety environment for language learning.
This document summarizes an observation of an ESL class at a high school known for problems with drugs and alcohol. The teacher used various techniques including checking for understanding of previous lessons, reviewing vocabulary, having students work individually and in groups, translating questions into students' native language, and correcting off-task behavior. Students worked from a workbook on topics like recycling and pollution. The teacher monitored students and provided assistance.
This document outlines the standards for English Language Arts and Literacy for kindergarten through 5th grade. It includes the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards, which provide broad standards that define what students should understand and be able to do by the end of each grade. The standards are broken down into sections including Reading Standards for Literature, Reading Standards for Informational Text, Reading Standards: Foundational Skills, and Writing Standards. Each section lists the standards for each grade level kindergarten through 5th grade. The standards define the key skills students should master in areas such as reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and writing.
This document provides an overview of the lessons and activities for a quarter 1 English course focused on searching for knowledge about African and Asian traditions and values. The introduction asks students to consider traveling to learn about neighbors in Africa and Asia. Lesson 1 begins students' knowledge quest by having them identify prosodic features in stories and texts, develop strategies for unknown words, and gather information from various sources about traditions and values of selected Afro-Asian countries. The document maps out the lessons and assessments for the quarter aimed at helping students understand their identity as Asians through learning about other cultures.
This document provides information about an English textbook for high school students in Ecuador. It includes the names and roles of government education officials, as well as publishing details. The introduction addresses students and explains that the textbook is meant to support learning guided by teachers. It also references Ecuador's educational initiative to promote "Good Living" through a revised curriculum.
The document introduces the characters of Alex and his friends who are part of the Teen Scene drama and music group. It provides a short self-introduction for each character, describing their name, age, interests and personality traits. The characters introduced are Lori Hudson, Joseph Sanders, Karen Jackson, Diane Sanders, and Alex Romero. Each character shares some biographical details and how they would describe their own personality.
This newsletter provides information about upcoming presentations and events related to literacy for deaf and hard of hearing students. It summarizes two presentations that will occur at an upcoming convention for the Special Interest Group for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Readers. The first presentation will provide a meta-analysis of research on effective writing instruction practices for deaf students. The second will discuss an intervention to improve reading fluency and comprehension among deaf elementary students. The newsletter also shares information about SIG newsletters online, an online course, and a new book related to deaf literacy.
The document provides guidelines for promoting inclusive and non-discriminatory language in educational materials published by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education. It aims to combat sexism and promote gender equality. To achieve this, the Ministry recommends using gender-neutral words like "people" instead of "men" and "teaching staff" instead of "teachers". When neutral terms do not exist, the masculine form will be used generically to refer to both women and men. This practice is recommended by the Royal Spanish Academy and aims to avoid wordiness while allowing collective groups to be referred to using masculine grammar. The document is signed by the President of Ecuador and education officials.
Position paper on language and literacy developmentRe Martins
This document provides recommendations for effective early literacy programs for young English language learners ages 3-8. It recommends that programs support students' native language development, recognize that English proficiency takes time, and use culturally and developmentally appropriate instruction and assessment. Effective programs incorporate students' background knowledge, use a balanced approach to literacy and content, and ensure teachers receive training to meet the needs of linguistically diverse learners. The goal is to build on students' foundation in their first language to support their acquisition of English literacy and academic success.
This paper investigated students’ attitudes and motivation towards learning literature in English in three government secondary schools in Zanzibar (one in urban and two in rural areas). The study had a sample of 96 people; 45 boys, 45 girls, and 6 teachers who were teaching literature in English at the selected schools. They were selected through purposive sampling technique. Mixed method was used. Data were collected through interview, observation, and questionnaires. Predictable variables were number of teachers teaching the subject and their qualifications, learning environment, teaching and learning materials, and students’ attitudes and motivation towards learning the subject. Findings revealed that there was shortage of teachers teaching the subject, and some of them were not trained. Students had positive attitudes and motivation towards learning the subject because it was a source of information not only from their own society but also from the world at large. Additionally, literature in English was found a means of entertainment as well as educating the students. However, students’ positive attitudes and motivation towards learning the subject were hindered by unfavourable conditions such as shortage of literature books, difficult English vocabularies, large class sizes, limited time to read suggested literature books, poor teaching methods, and teachers themselves. As a result the study suggests the provision of appropriate and adequate reading materials to all secondary schools, expose teachers to more training so as to be more knowledgeable about various suitable methods of teaching the subject, and improve classroom learning environment.
This document is the teacher's guide for the English B1.1 textbook. It provides an overview of the textbook's objectives, structure, and teaching approach. The textbook is designed around six language units and uses a task-based approach to introduce vocabulary and grammar through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. It aims to develop students' language skills while also promoting their cognitive and social development. Lessons follow a predictable structure of warm-up, presentation, practice, and application activities. The guide emphasizes creating a student-centered learning environment and tapping into students' multiple intelligences.
The document provides guidelines for using inclusive and non-sexist language in Ecuadorian educational documents and communications. It explains that one of the Ministry of Education's objectives is to promote gender equity in society and education. To achieve this, they recommend using gender-neutral words like "people" instead of "men" and "teaching staff" instead of "teachers". When neutral terms do not exist, the masculine form will be used generically to refer to both women and men. This practice follows the recommendations of the Royal Spanish Academy and aims to avoid wordiness while allowing collective groups to be referred to using masculine grammar. It is signed by the President and Education officials.
This document provides information about the English textbook being distributed by the Ministry of Education in Ecuador. It includes the names and roles of government officials related to education. It also explains that the textbook was adapted from a British publication and aims to teach English according to an internationally recognized framework. The Ministry hopes the new textbooks and approach will motivate both students and teachers to improve their English skills.
Filipino Books and Textbooks - Phoenix Publishing House Lance Kevin
Phoenix Publishing provides textbooks, magazine to guide the future generations of teachers and students in achieving their goals for a transformed society.
Here are the classroom commands:
1. Come in.
2. Sit down.
3. Stand up.
4. Open your book.
5. Close your book.
6. Write.
7. Listen.
8. Raise your hand.
9. Exchange work with a classmate.
This document outlines the PhD project of Viktoria Waagaard which aims to investigate how teaching with a focus on different writing purposes and concepts of social science can benefit student language and knowledge development in a multilingual civics classroom. The study will analyze writing assignments and student texts from two classes to identify which writing purposes are actualized. Preliminary results show the 2020 assignment incorporated more writing purposes from the "Wheel of Writing" framework compared to 2019. The document discusses relevant literature and methodology for further analyzing the purposes of writing in student texts.
This document summarizes and compares two English language coursebooks for young learners: Cookies and Friends A and English Adventure Collection.
Cookies and Friends A is designed for preschool students and focuses on commands, classroom language, and developing creativity through tracing, miming, singing and observing. English Adventure Collection is for students aged 4-10 who have not been exposed to English before; it uses Disney characters to motivate students and incorporates motor skills, coloring, chanting and lessons with a Mickey Mouse puppet.
Both books employ a lexical syllabus with frequent repetition and practice of new words. Cookies and Friends A introduces new language through flashcards and movements while English Adventure Collection uses songs to relate new items to previous
This document provides a daily lesson log for an English class that focuses on objectives, content, learning resources, and procedures for the week. The objectives are centered around composing and delivering an entertainment speech using effective paragraphs, grammatical signals, and appropriate prosody. The content examines stories from Thailand and Malaysia, idiomatic expressions, and bibliographic formatting. Learning resources include textbooks, worksheets, and online materials. The procedures outline daily activities like introducing topics, establishing purposes, practicing skills, finding applications, and evaluating learning. The goal is for students to transfer their learning by composing and delivering a creative speech.
Li (Jerry) Xie Dimensions of Diversity Capstone ProjectKelseyShroyer
The document discusses strategies for teaching English language learners, referencing theories like Krashen's comprehensible input hypothesis. It proposes teaching language through content by providing scaffolded instruction and language objectives. Examples are given for teaching vocabulary through preview, explanation, and review in a reading class while integrating traditional Chinese learning strategies.
Li (Jerry) Xie Dimensions of Diversity_ Capstone Project.pptxJerryXie21
The document discusses a capstone project for a course on dimensions of diversity. It includes an instructional portfolio and reflection on concepts learned, with the goal of demonstrating mastery of course goals related to teaching English language learners, including understanding policies and cultures impacting ELL education and implementing research-based strategies.
The natural approach is a language teaching method that aims to mirror how first languages are acquired. It focuses on comprehensible input, meaning, and communication over explicit grammar instruction. A typical lesson involves exposing students to language through pictures, listening activities, and tasks done in pairs or groups to promote comprehension and use of the target language. The natural approach emphasizes making input comprehensible and creating a low-anxiety environment for language learning.
This document summarizes an observation of an ESL class at a high school known for problems with drugs and alcohol. The teacher used various techniques including checking for understanding of previous lessons, reviewing vocabulary, having students work individually and in groups, translating questions into students' native language, and correcting off-task behavior. Students worked from a workbook on topics like recycling and pollution. The teacher monitored students and provided assistance.
This document discusses teaching English to children and outlines some best practices. It recommends starting English education around age 6 through full immersion programs. The key objectives are to teach basic vocabulary like colors and numbers, hold activities like games and stories, and create an enjoyable atmosphere where children feel comfortable communicating. It also stresses the importance of evaluation, using appropriate content for the children's level, and creating different areas in the classroom for activities, materials, and play. Policymakers should recognize that early education alone does not guarantee language learning, support age-appropriate instruction, and help build motivation for further study outside the classroom.
The fourth grade class will be starting an English and language arts project where students will work in groups to develop fictional stories in different genres. Each group will turn their story into a 15 minute play. At the end of the two month project, the students will perform their plays for parents at a showcase night. The project aims to teach students skills like collaboration, communication, and enhancing listening skills through role-playing and story creation.
1) The document compares how grammar, lexis, pronunciation and functions are presented in two English language teaching materials - Made in Corrientes and Project English 1.
2) Made in Corrientes presents grammar implicitly and uses vocabulary closely related to students' lives. Project English 1 explicitly teaches grammar and uses vocabulary not closely connected to students' realities.
3) The document argues that Made in Corrientes' approach would be more appropriate for both state schools and private institutes given its focus on applying English to students' everyday lives.
LESSON 2- Significance of literature in teaching children.docxLerramieDelaPea
This document discusses the significance of using children's literature in teaching. It notes that children's literature provides opportunities for students to respond to stories, helps develop their creativity and cultural appreciation. Using literature allows students to learn about history and culture through how information has been recorded over time. It also emphasizes the importance of reading for building children's literacy and language skills to help prepare them for school, where they will need to read to learn various subjects. The document provides steps to enhance literacy in children such as talking to them from a young age, reading stories anytime, and continuing to read to them even as they get older.
1) Digital communication through devices like cell phones is becoming more common than face-to-face interaction, as seen when the author noticed everyone at a campus food court looking at their phones.
2) Previously, second language learning focused only on spelling, grammar, and blackboard instruction, which is passive for students. Technology like the internet allows more active learning through message boards and exposure to authentic language use.
3) Updating textbooks is impossible to keep fully current, so technology and online sources are important to supplement materials and current events in social studies.
Using Literature in Teaching English as a Second Language A Case Study of Ard...ijtsrd
The document discusses using literature to teach English as a second language. It notes that literary texts can improve language skills like reading, writing, listening and provide cultural knowledge about different societies. A case study was conducted at Jazan University in Saudi Arabia that found the majority of students believed literature could make learning English more interesting and help understand other cultures.
This document discusses inclusive literacy for students with profound learning disabilities. It summarizes research on teaching literacy to students with severe learning disabilities that also included observations of students with profound disabilities. The research identified activities that could be considered literacy for these students, even without traditional reading and writing, such as using objects of reference, life story boxes, sensory stories, and assisted communication. It provides examples of how these inclusive literacy activities have been implemented and resources for teachers.
Infomagic: Unlocking the wonders of information books - practical strategies for their use and enjoyment. Lin and Liz Smith, optional session, SLA Weekend Course, Manchester 2014
This document summarizes an analysis of a chapter on teaching literature in the classroom. It includes a questionnaire with 14 questions about introducing literature and its benefits. Literature can develop communicative competence, intercultural awareness, and critical thinking. It exposes students to different genres and languages. Stories motivate students and help cognitive development. Literary devices like binaries, rhyme, and metaphor contribute to literacy. Literature fosters intercultural competence by presenting other worldviews. The document also includes a lesson plan on using the story "Places in My Neighborhood" to teach vocabulary and engage students.
This document discusses early literacy development from birth through elementary school. It outlines stages of literacy development including awareness, experimental reading/writing, early reading/writing, and independent reading/writing. Factors that influence literacy development are also examined, such as exposure to books and print at home, interactions with family, and exposure to literate environments. The document provides recommendations for developmentally appropriate practices to promote literacy, including creating literacy-rich environments, language experience activities, reading aloud, role playing, and building on students' diverse backgrounds.
This document discusses factors to consider when teaching English to young learners and designing teaching materials. It notes that teaching English to young learners requires understanding theories of second language acquisition and child development. When designing materials, teachers should make lessons engaging by incorporating games, songs, hands-on activities and media. Lessons should also be topic-based to help students associate vocabulary and language with real-world topics of interest. Additionally, classroom management is important to create a supportive environment where students feel secure taking risks with the new language.
Reading 21st century literacyChapter 1 Examining literacy in t.docxcatheryncouper
Reading: 21st century literacy
Chapter 1: Examining literacy in the twenty-first century, pp. 2-26, of your eText provides a useful discussion of literacy practices, with particular attention given to the contemporary context.
CHAPTER 1
Examining literacy in the twenty-first century
Discovering what makes a good reader and a good teacher of readers
Jason was six and had already suffered a number of setbacks with heart surgery as a baby. He came to school aggressive and disinterested in everything school had to offer. On his first day of Year 1, he did not see the point in reading quietly, writing freely or working together with his peers. I thought ‘how do I turn a student like Jason into someone who values reading?’ As the bell rang to dismiss the class for the day, a very large man appeared at my classroom door. ‘If you have any problems with Jason, let me know and I will sort him out when he gets home.’ This parent reaffirmed for me that force is never the solution. Jason may not go home to a home of readers; he may not have access to books that he just can’t put down, and he may not be tucked into bed at night and go to sleep with thoughts of the BFG, Dirty Bertie or Superfudge. As his teacher, I believed that I could provide the impetus for reading by tapping into his interests and bridging the gap between his limited literacy experiences outside of school and the rich, meaningful literacy experiences of the classroom. Many Jasons enter our classrooms and far too many fall through an ever-widening gap. The barriers to literacy success become more and more impenetrable as readers like Jason progress through the year levels. So, what can we do to address the reading needs of our students? This book is packed with ideas, strategies and information about creating the best opportunities for literacy learners.
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It also examines the theoretical underpinnings that drive the choices teachers make about literacy instruction.
The one-size-fits-all curriculum does not cater for the diversity of learners sitting in our classrooms. There is no teachers’ manual that guides what we do on a daily basis and no prescriptive set of lesson plans or set of blackline masters can identify the needs of your students. Literacy instruction starts with understanding your students and making available authentic literature, providing opportunities for students to work collaboratively with others, encouraging students to inquire and ask questions, and creating a classroom that accommodates a diversity of perspectives. Literacy teaching is not a one-size-fits-all task to be carried out in a one-size-fits-all classroom.
I have had the privilege of observing many outstanding literacy teachers. Their in-depth understanding of literacy learning, their passion for teaching and their willingness to know and trust their students have been critical to their classroom success. Literacy research has come a long way in the past thirty years and the benefits of children workin ...
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ReseaRcheRs widely Recommend
storybook reading for promoting the
early language and literacy of young
children. By listening to stories, chil-
dren learn about written syntax and
vocabulary and develop phonologi-
cal awareness and concepts of print,
all of which are closely linked to
learning to read and write (National
Early Literacy Panel 2008). Teachers
usually know a read-aloud experi-
ence has been effective because
they see the children maintain their
interest in the story, relate different
aspects of the story to their own
experiences, describe the illustra-
tions, and ask questions about the
characters and plot.
However, listening to a story read
aloud can be a very different experi-
ence for children who speak a lan-
guage other than English. What
happens when the children are read
to in a language they are just begin-
ning to learn? What happens when
an English-speaking teacher reads
a story to a group of children who
are learning English as a second
language?
As illustrated in the vignette at the
beginning of this article, teachers
often describe young dual language
learners in their class as distracted
and unengaged during read-aloud
sessions in English. In this article,
we describe teaching strategies that
English-speaking teachers can use
when reading aloud to young dual
language learners. These strategies
are part of the Nuestros Niños Early
Language and Literacy Program, a
professional development interven-
tion designed to improve the quality
of teaching practices in prekin-
dergarten classrooms to support
Spanish-speaking dual language
learners (Castro et al. 2006). The
intervention was developed and
evaluated in a study funded by
the US Department of Education.
Teachers from the North Carolina
More at Four Pre-Kindergarten
Storybook
Reading
for Young
Dual Language
Learners
Cristina Gillanders and
Dina C. Castro
Cristina Gillanders, PhD, is a researcher at the FPG Child Development Institute at the
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. She was an investigator in the Nuestros Niños
study, and has worked with dual language learners as a bilingual preschool teacher,
teacher educator, and researcher. [email protected]
Dina C. Castro, PhD, is a senior scientist at the FPG Child Development Institute. She
was the principal investigator for the Nuestros Niños study. Her research focuses on
improving the quality of early education for children from diverse cultural and linguistic
backgrounds. [email protected]
Photos courtesy of the authors.
A study guide for this article will be available in mid-January online at www.naeyc.org/yc.
In a community of practice meeting, teach-
ers discuss their experiences reading
aloud to dual language learners.
Susan: When I am reading a story, the
Latino children in my class just sit there.
They look at me, but you can tell that they
are not engaged in the story.
Lisa: ...
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American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS)
E-ISSN: 2378-702X
Volume-03, Issue-07, pp 35-47
July-2020
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Research Paper Open Access
The Interpretation and Instructional Design of English Picture
Book in Primary School Based on Reading Literacy Cultivation
Rong Fan; Chen Shubin
ABSTRACT:- With the background of core literacy of English subject, primary students’ reading literacy
plays a center part in their study. However, lacking of suitable reading materials and influenced by compulsory
ideas, there has been hardly improvement of students’ reading literacy. Picture book, as interesting reading
materials, can be very helpful to cultivate their reading literacy. Not only does it raise kids reading interest but
also enhance their knowledge outside the textbook. This thesis is aimed at interpreting English picture book at
the view of cultivating reading literacy. Then, display the objectives, principles, contents of interpreting a
English picture book and set Oxford reading tree as examples to show teachers how to interpret a picture book
and how to design it.
Key word:- reading literacy; English picture book
I. INTRODUCTION
At the background of core literacy of English subject and the arising demand of reading talents, reading
literacy becomes more and more important in cultivating students. However, students, during primary and
middle phase, lack of suitable English reading materials, reading interest and suitable reading quantity.
Moreover, their poor language ability prevents them from reading other English reading materials. According to
Piaget’s cognitive developing theory, kids in elementary school are mainly at pre-calculating and
specific-calculating stage, they need objects to promote cognitive development. The teaching material organized
according to language knowledge is not far enough to cultivate students’ reading literacy. What’s more, it lacks
authenticity, comprehensiveness. On the contrary, English picture book consists of contents with native
expressions and pictures to tell systematic stories. It has two obvious strengths. First, with its colorful and vivid
images, it can easily raise kids’ attention and cultivate kids’ reading interest for a long term. Second, as graded
reading materials, it is organized according to kid’s language and cognitive level. Therefore, English picture
book is a good choice of reading material for children. Compared with mechanical memory, students can have a
relaxing reading experience and gradually grasp language points including words, grammar and social cultural
background. For the long run, students will fall in love with English reading and have a better reading literacy.
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II. THEORY BASIS
1. Reading literacy
Reading literacy means the comprehensive literacy of reading contents, reading competence and equipped
belief, attitude and habits. (Pearson & Raphael, 2000) Reading literacy in mother language consists of reading
competence and reading character. Deeply speaking, reading competence refers to content conception, phoneme
awareness, spelling ability, fluency, language knowledge, reading skills and strategies. Reading character refers
to reading habits and reading experience. Based on the research of reading literacy in mother language, here
concludes the following contents of reading literacy in foreign language.(Wang Qiang, Chen Zehang, 2017)
(1) English reading competence: consist of English decoding ability, English reading comprehension, cultural
awareness, English language knowledge.
1) English decoding ability means content conception, phoneme awareness, spelling ability, reading fluency.
2) English reading comprehension: focus on the overall content meaning and skip unfamiliar words;
understand story plots combining pictures and contents; catch key information etc.
3) Cultural awareness: basically feel, understand and compare social cultural backgrounds of English
countries such as peculiar customs, religious tradition.
4) Language knowledge: vocabulary, grammar, discourse.
(2) English reading character: Consists of reading habits and experience. We can use reading quantity,
frequency, behavior to describe reading habits and use reading motivation, attitude to assess kids’ reading
experience.
Above all are contents about reading literacy. Pretty reading literacy is the core objective of graded picture book
reading. During the process of cultivating reading literacy in picture book, students will have a happy
experience of exploring and understanding plots through text and pictures and enrich their background cultural
knowledge. Then set a good reading basis.
2. English picture book
English picture book refers to the text combining pictures and English words to tell a whole story. Kids can
observe, explore, understand story through these pictures and contents. The graded reading is organized
according to student’ cognitive and language level. And there are mainly two kinds, the life story and science
story.
There are several features in English picture book such as its vivid images, native expressions, proper difficulty,
strong interest and rich culture. While reading the picture book, kids can learn the words, grammar and promote
cognitive development through observing pictures, understanding texts, solving problems.
Above all, English picture book plays a very important part in cultivating a kid. The followings are several
importance of it.
Firstly, cultivate students’ reading interest. For students in elementary school students, lack of a number of
words basis, they may escape from reading extra English stories. However, the colorful pictures in English
picture book can catch their attention from the start and help them understand whole plots.
Secondly, cultivate kids’ reading habits including their reading fluency, intonation and motivation. Kids
will read stories by themselves instead of urged by parents or teacher since they’ve cultivated such huge interest
in English picture book. And once reading habit has developed, it can transfer to other subjects such as Chinese
reading, science reading etc.
Thirdly, help students learn language knowledge including words, grammar, sentences and culture. As we
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have told before. English graded reading is organized according to students’ language and cognitive ability. The
relevant words and grammar will appear spirally. What’s more it contains relevant cultures of English speaking
countries and the comparison. Therefore, in the long run, students will grasp the language points.
Fourthly, develop ability of observing, exploring, predicting, understanding, analyzing, inferring through
solving problems. Different with adults, kids are very interested in observing very tiny details in pictures and
from details they can predict the feelings of characters. Set The Frog’s Tale in Oxford reading tree as an example,
a soldier was peeking through the window with tricky eyes, so children will predict they didn’t want this ugly
frog to get into the castle.
The interpretation of English picture book based on reading literacy cultivation.
1. Interpretation Materials: Oxford reading tree, as popular children reading materials, is set for kids of
English as mother language, published by Oxford University Press. It is edited around life stories happening to
Biff, Chip, Kipper, Wilma, other kids and their family
2. Interpretation Objectives:
(1) Cultivate students’ reading motivation and interest.
Teacher should dig out some points of arising students’ interest and motivation, such as the theme of story, plots,
features of picture, figure’s character. Oxford reading tree, as English native reading materials, sometimes have
different aspects of expressing humor. So teachers should find out the possible places that can attract their
attention from students’ point of view.
(2) Enrich students’ cultural knowledge
In English picture book, there are not only vivid pictures, stories but colorful cultures. Also, we can find
points of cultural comparison. Thus, teachers should try to dig up culture content from a whole picture book,
compare it with Chinese culture and promote students to explore it actively.
Here, set “The New Year Race” as an example which describes Chinese New Year from the view of an England
family. Kipper’s family went to Lee’s family to spend Chinese New Year’s Eve and Grandpa Chen told children
stories about Chinese zodiac. Once teacher have found out this important information, they could promote
students to understand it, compare it and grasp it.
(3) Increase kids’ language knowledge
First, in Oxford graded reading tree, words appear spirally in the same level or different level such as
crossly, surprise, sighed etc. Therefore, students will gradually grasp these words. Secondly, as for kids’
articulation, there are a series of naturally spelling. Kids can learn method of naturally spelling and use it in
stories reading. Thirdly, grammars like present tense, past tense, simple future tense etc. will appear naturally in
plots. Different from teaching grammar, students can understand the meaning and the certain situation of
grammar. What’s more, Oxford reading tree can provide authentic and native expressions and kids can pick up
the native expressions either. Therefore, under this objective, teachers are able to dig up the difficult points and
correct them.
(4) Develop students’ language skills.
Different with traditional materials teaching, English picture book teaching focuses on meaning and
reading skill cultivation is very important. Thus, under the method of picture book teaching such as picture
touring, teachers should concentrate on kids’ skills of catching key information, scanning, predicting.
(5) Cultivate kids’ imagination
Absolutely, there are new words kids don’t know and other plots they can hardly understand. But they can
observe and explore the story with the help of rich pictures. Moreover they can imagine the implicit information
when there is an empty in story and have their own thinking. For example, still “The New Year Race”, students
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will tend to think of Chinese zodiac (mouse, cattle, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken,
dog, pig ) when see the pictures of animals having a race. But they will wonder why they saw many other
animals such as cat, frog but they didn’t appear in Chinese zodiac. Here they will be willing to discuss with
teacher or partners. For the long run, kids’ imagination will be improved. Above all, teacher should dig out these
points and have a better teaching experiment.
3. Interpretation principles
(1) Meaning first
It is known that meaningful memory will store in brain for longer time than mechanical memory. However, at
the urge of core literacy of English subject, some teachers considering academic and teaching pressure still
choose to focus on language points and skills. Here, we interviewed ten English teachers of primary school
about their teaching picture book and found out over 70% teachers concentrate on language text and pay little
attention on details in picture. And we also interviewed 30 students in class and over 90% of them wanted to
understand the whole story instead of separate words. Thus, teacher should transfer their teaching idea in picture
book and take full use of recourses to involve kids in reading picture book based on the idea of meaning first.
(2) Culture concluded
Take full use of picture book, students can understand social culture of English speaking countries and also have
a deep thought through comparing it with Chinese culture. On the one hand, it is more effective than teaching
culture. On the other hand, students will immerse in the cultural circumstances and have a motivation to explore
it.
(3) Intelligence development
The graded reading materials are organized by kids’ cognitive development. According to Piaget’s
cognitive theory, students in elementary school are at pre-calculation and specific-calculation stage, they prefer
vivid images. Dewey divided interest into four kinds: communication interest; making interest; exploration
interest; art performance interest. Therefore, teachers are supposed to interpret these aspects of a picture book to
promote intelligence development.
(4) Reading habit cultivation
Reading habits cultivation is very important in English picture book teaching. To develop a better reading
habit, confidence is at a core part. Therefore, teacher should not correct their pronunciation or grammar as soon
as they made errors. As told before, meaning is a primary principle. We’d better not interrupt students when they
interact with story and practice naturally spelling. Instead, correct pronunciation and words before or after
constructing meaning. Once we interrupt them, they will be afraid to read it by themselves.
Here is a good method to cultivate reading habits, the continuous silent reading. Teacher and students set a solid
time and read English stories together. And there are several important principles of continuous silent reading.
First, it has fixed time from 5 to 15 minutes. For a long run, kids will have a sense of ceremony and read stories
by themselves instead of being urged by teachers or parents. Second, teacher is supposed to read stories together
with kids and not just get around the classroom. Third, not give them any test pressure. Only then will they
involve in picture book without stress and explore the plots happily. Fourth, whole class read stories together.
Some kids may not involve in stories at once but they will get involved in picture book under the whole class
reading atmosphere.
4. Contents needed to be dig up
(1)Text structure
When analyzing a picture book, the first thing is to analyze its structure including cover, end paper, author
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of text and pictures, length of story, designing, size of characters etc. These content promote kids have a whole
understanding about this book and predict its plots. For a long run, students will keep a good habit to know the
text structure when reading a new picture book. Under the principle of meaning first in picture book teaching,
kids actively construct the whole understanding of story and this is also the idea of whole language approach.
Set The Frog’s Tale as an example, there are 24 pages total. The cover shows a frog in Biff’s hand, and there is a
castle behind them. The author of text is Roderick and the author of painting is Alex Brychta. We could see
many details in pictures and the length of text is acceptable.
(2)Theme
Theme is the title of story in cover page such as “The New Year Race”, “The Fair-haired Samurai”, “The
Wind Vane”. During the pre-reading stage, teacher could ask students to predict the content of story according to
theme and cover page so that we can activate their known and unknown knowledge. However, lack of social
culture cognition, they may not understand the meaning of title and this can raise kids’ interest to explore it in
book. For example, when see “May Morning”, some students may think about one morning of May, but May
Morning refers to a festival in Western countries. Thus, teacher should search for relevant material to figure out
the origin, customs, date etc. and guide students to know the content.
(3) Content
Story picture book always has whole plots including start, process and end. Teacher could ask students to
explore these contents and draw a string of events. Science picture book doesn’t have whole plots. Thus,
teachers can ask students to catch key information and fill in the chart.
(4) Details and implicit plots
After exploring the plots, teachers are able to dig out the details and implicit clues in text or picture. Here,
we can use “Five finger strategy” to grasp the content that is Character, setting, conflict, plot, emotion.
According to every figure we can dig out the details and implicit meaning which author wanted to express like
emotion of character shown in picture. In The Fair-haired Samurai, Kipper was whisked to Nijo Castle by magic
key and said “I wish I hadn’t been so impatient”. Here teacher can ask students to discuss the reason why Kipper
said it and let them to understand how helpless Kipper was.
(5) Meaning of empty
Actually, there some empty in both picture and text. Generally speaking, empty appears at the end of a story.
They provide good chances to develop kids’ imagination. What’s more, students can continue the story after
their imagination. At the end of The Fair-haired Samurai, Kipper showed a little wooden pillow to his aikido
teacher and the teacher asked where he took it. Kipper said he brought it from Japan. Here, teacher could dig out
this empty point and ask students to discuss his aikido teacher’s thoughts.
(6) Feelings of characters
When reading a picture book, students will construct the story together with teacher. And it is important to
experience the changeable feelings of characters and have an objective evaluation of them. Still in the book of
The Fair-haired Samurai, Kipper is the youngest kid in his family, but he studies aikido seriously and beats his
partner. Through this plot, students will have a deep understanding about Kipper and feel his concentration and
perseverance. Experiencing character’s emotion, kids will have their own evaluation about characters. What’s
more, develop their cognition. But pay attention that teacher should accept kids’ different views instead of
composing them to accept yours. Such interaction with teacher and student will activate their thoughts flames.
(7) Culture
There are rich cultures contained in picture book such as western and eastern cultures and comparison
between them. Before class, teacher should understand its culture ahead and make supplement if necessary. For
example, one book just mentioned “the Passover” but not give detailed information and this is an important
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cultural point to be dug out. It was set for Moses, the messenger of the God, who guided Israelis to escape from
Egypt. At that day, he asked Israel family to sprinkle blood of lamb so that God will not come into their house to
kill the elder kid. Therefore, during Passover, people will eat lambs and unleavened bread. Not only does it
broad students’horizons but attract them to explore more information after class.
(8) Language knowledge and skills
Of course, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar is important, but teacher would better wish students to
grasp all of them. Because words, grammar appears spirally, students need grasp the more frequent words. As
for language skills, based on reading literacy, catching key information and understand overall meaning of story
through text and pictures is at the core center. Also, the naturally spelling ability is necessary. There may be
several difficult words in science picture books, students can learn these words through naturally spelling. To
develop this ability, teacher can organize words having similar sounds and demonstrate how to pronounce. Then,
let students to spell different words by themselves.
5. Example of interpreting
Here, we set “The New Year Race” as an example.
(1) Text structure
“The New Year Race”, a story book, has 24 pages in total. The text author is Roderick and painting author
is Alex Brychta. The cover page(Figure 1) shows Lee, Lin, Biff, Chip, Kipper sitting at sofa are looking at
Grandpa Chen. From the red clothes in Lee and Lin and the decorations of big red lantern and dragon, we could
predict this story mainly tells Chinese New Year.
(Figure 1)
(2) Theme
The theme is about Chinese New Year’s Race.
(3) Content
Lee’s family invited Kipper’s family to have dinner in Chinese New Year’s Eve. After dinner, Lee and Lin
asked Grandpa Chen to tell the story of Chinese zodiac. Then he began the story. It is said that ancient emperor
wanted to name each year after an animal but didn’t know how to decide the order? Then, he had an idea—held
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a river race and the winner is the first one in Chinese zodiac and so on. Kids were actively involved in the story
and guessed the winner in this race. Chip guessed tiger were the fastest while Biff thought rabbit was the winner.
However, kipper thought dragon was the fastest one because he could fly. But no one got the right answer.
Grandpa continued, the moment cattle rushed to the lead, cat and mouse jumped onto its back so that they could
jump to the destination before cattle got on the bank. However, cat fell into river carelessly. Finally, mouse is the
winner. By the time cat finished the race, animals had went home. That is the reason why there is no cat in
Chinese zodiac. At the end of the story, Grandpa who’s zodiac was mouse fed his cat as a New Year’s tradition.
(4) Details and implicit plots
1) Kipper, Biff and Chip are English kids while Lee and Lin are Chinese kids. They have different cultural
backgrounds. Thus, when they went to spend the New Year they felt so puzzled because they thought the New
Year had passes a few weeks ago.(Figure 2) Therefore it shows the difference between date of Chinese New
Year and English New Year. Teacher should dig out the date and difference and guide students to explore the
difference.
(Figure 2)
2) The decorations are full of Chinese New Year culture like red lanterns, dragon, red clothes etc. Here,
teacher could ask students to compare Chinese family’s clothes and English family’s clothes so that they can
have a deep understanding of Chinese New Year’s customs. What’s more, English kids are also using chopsticks.
Above all are cultural content expressed by picture book.(Figure 3)
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(Figure 3)
3) Every English kid was predicting the winner and gave their reasons. So teacher could ask students to guess
the winner and give their own reason.
(Figure 4) (Figure 5)
4) Grandpa Chen’s zodiac is mouse so he has a tradition to feed his cat during every New Year because he feels
guilty for mouse. There are two details in picture. The first one is Grandpa watched his cat spoiled when she was
waving hand to them through the window (Figure 6). And the second one is the cat walked away with its tail in
the air (Figure 7). These two details should be dug out.
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(Figure 6) (Figure 7)
(5) Culture
It is obvious to know its culture content that is the Chinese New Year including New Year decorations,
suits, dinner and Chinese zodiac. These are important factors should be dug out to lead students to feel and
observe it.
(6) Feeling of characters
Teacher could mainly concentrate on the change of these characters such as Grandpa Chen, three English
kids and the cat. First, Grandpa is always with a kind smile. Second, the three English kids were very excited
when coming into Lee’s house and then were happy eating dinner. We could see how delightful kipper was
using chopsticks. What’s more, they involved in guessing the winner of race actively. The story shows their
process of emotion from curiosity, confusion to excitement, happiness. Finally, the cat’s feeling, she jumped on
cattle’s back to be the winner but fell into river. We could feel her angry and upset. At the end of this story, she
was waving her tail in the air arrogantly. Meanwhile, from pictures and text, we can know she hates mouse.
During picture book teaching, teacher should guide students to feel their emotion and have their own evaluation
and views about characters.
(7) Empty and its meaning
In this race, there are some other animals like frog, cat, wolf taking part in it. However, they aren’t Chinese
zodiac (Figure 8). So teacher can promote students to imagine and guess the reason. For a long run, students will
develop imagination and analysis ability.
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(Figure 8)
(8) Language knowledge and skills.
High-frequency vocabulary: Chinese New Year, animals, race, dragon, rat, cat
Difficult words: tradition, the Emperor, noise
Grammar: Based on past tense. For example, “The Emperor wanted to name each year after a different animal”;
“Grandpa began the story.” etc.
Skills: The ability of skipping difficult words, catching overall meaning and spelling words.
Instructional design Example
1. Material: “The New Year Race”. Its content have been told above,
2. Analysis of students
The students are in grade three. As for cognitive basis, they can recognize basic words and most of them
can basically change their tone in different sentences such as declarative sentence and question. As elementary
school students, they are curious about new things and sensitive with colorful pictures. What’s more, they have
rich imagination and want to discuss with teacher and partner about the plots and pictures.
3. Teaching objectives
After this class, students will be able to
(1) Understand the story according to paintings and texts.
(2) Try to spell new words themselves.
(3) Know the origin of Chinese zodiac and learn relevant customs and date.
(4) Compare their understanding of Chinese New Year with the three English kids’.
(5) Develop interest of reading picture book and exploring the New Year culture.
(6) Cultivate ability of observing, thinking and imaging.
4. Key and difficult points
Key point: understand story plots according to picture and texts.
Difficult point:
Skip difficult word to catch key information.
Spell new words.
5. Method
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Picture tour, silent reading, jigsaw reading
6. Teaching procedures
Pre-reading
Step 1: Preliminary understand this book through reading cover page, end page, title, paintings, page number to
promote students have a good habit to overlook a story and have an overall understanding. What more, attract
kids’ interest to deeply read it.
Step 2: Answer the following questions and discuss with partners.
What did you see in the cover?
What is the story talking about?
Can you talk about Chinese New Year?
Students could activate their reading motivation and owned information about the New Year through these
questions and promote their cognitive development.
Step 3: Show new words like tradition, the Emperor, race, noise together with relevant picture in this book and
let students to spell them. Then, teacher corrects their pronunciation.
New words appear in this way can promote students learn them and solve word barrier and improve reading
fluency and accuracy.
While-reading
Step 1: Read page 1,2 and answer questions.
Who came to Lee’s house? Why?
Why did Biff say “But New Year’s eve was weeks ago ”?
Through wh-questions, promote students to catch detailed information and think about character’s speaking
attention. And the second question refers to a difference between Chinese New Year and Western New Year.
Step 2: Read the picture book from page 3 to 5 and answer questions.
What’s the feature of their clothes and house? Why?
What did they eat at Chinese New Year? How about you?
Look at Chip, do you think this is his first time using chopsticks?
Promote students to interact with text and pictures and cultivate students’ ability of observing details and
catching key information.
Step 3: Read page 6 to page 9 and answer questions.
How to name each year after a different animal?
What animals joined the race?
Step 4: Read page 10, 11 and answer.
What's Biff, Chip, Kipper’s supposition of the winner?
How about you? What do you think and why? Discuss in group.
Here, after reading Kipper, Biff, Chip’s prediction and reason, students would guess the winner and give their
own reason and this can develop students’ imagination and ability of analyzing. What’s more, improve their
interaction with this book.
Step 5: Show the ending page(20-21) of New Year race and its process from page 12 to page 17. Using jigsaw
method, teacher divided every two pages into a little chapter and printed 5 copies of them without page number.
Hand out all of the chapters to each group. Group members have to figure out the logic number of the New Year
Race. Then show their answer in front of class including the order and plots.
Here, using jigsaw method, teacher first show the ending of the race so that students have a strong passion to
learn the process. What’s more it provides chances for students to operate in group, share thoughts and
expression.
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Step 6: Read page 18, 19, 22, 23, 24 and answer questions to promote their interaction with text and pictures.
Who made the noise outside?
What’s Grandpa Chen’s New Year tradition?
Why does he keep the tradition?
Step 7: Read the ending: The cat went away arrogantly. Then answer questions.
What’s the feeling of cat?
Can you tell me why cat doesn’t like rat?
If you are the cat, what would you like to say to rat? And what would you like to say to Grandpa?
The questions are designed according to feelings and can develop students’ empathy through considering cat’s
variable feelings and reasons.
Post-reading
Silently read the story again and discuss with partners about the following questions.
Find out the places showing New Year atmosphere and discuss with partners about New Year customs of
western and eastern counties.
Why there are other animals like frog, cat, wolf which joined the competition but not belong to Chinese
zodiac?
First, silent reading will help them have a deep understanding of this story. What’s more, the open questions
provide chances of cultivating imagination. There is no certain answer so that they can activate colorful
thoughts.
III. CONCLUSION
Reading literacy concludes reading ability and reading character. Cultivating reading literacy can help
students learn cultural knowledge, increase kids’ span of concentration. For elementary school students, picture
book reading is a strong way to cultivate reading literacy. Kids could understand story according to pictures and
texts, develop ability of imaging, analyzing and increase language & cultural knowledge. For a long term,
students will develop strong reading interest. Thus, under the idea of whole language teaching, picture book
interpretation and instructional design should obey the principle of meaning first and dig up relevant cultural
content and other aspects. So we can help students to pick up authentic expression, have happy reading
experience and keep a positive reading habit.
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