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Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul; Kamarudin, Fadzliyati – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2010
This article reports on a teacher's experiment with Reader's Theatre (RT), an interactive play reading activity with elements of reading aloud, drama and theatre, for her 20 unmotivated learners of literature in a premier school in Malaysia. Using RT, the students staged Angela Wright's "Potato People". The procedures and design of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Directed Reading Activity, Experiential Learning
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Alvermann, Donna E.; Olson, James R. – Reading Horizons, 1988
Describes one teacher's reading aloud a Paula Danziger novel to motivate a group of adolescents to think and respond critically to read-aloud fiction. Includes examples of discussion strategies used to help students judge word play, recognize different points of view, and evaluate the author's ability to relate to her audience. (ARH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aesthetic Values, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking