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Lin, Ya-Fen – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
The purpose of the study aimed to investigate the effect of the Readers Theater (RT) training on elementary school students. In particular, changes in the students' English reading comprehension before and after the RT show, comparison of the students' responses to English learning, especially English reading, the students' opinions on the RT…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
Barnett, Marva A. – 1988
Research on second language learning has found similarities between the reading strategies of first and second language readers. These findings are being applied by second language instructors and researchers in reading classrooms through a variety of strategy-use activities. Most foreign language reading specialists view reading as interactive…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Directed Reading Activity, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies
Cooke, Madeline A. – 1982
Two procedures developed by reading specialists are presented for use in a second-year Spanish class. A directed reading lesson in seven steps is illustrated by an outline of a reading lesson adapted to a one-page Spanish story. The lesson includes a "Three-Level Guide," so called because it is designed to improve comprehension skills at the…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Reading Comprehension
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1970
Both the 1945 and the 1950 constitutions of the Republic of Indonesia are presented in Bahasa Indonesian as part of the basic language course in Indonesian. The volume is used daily for reading comprehension practice during the final weeks of the third phase of the course. Comparing these constitutions enables students to comprehend the course of…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Indonesian
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1969
Seven articles by Mochtar Lubis, an Indonesian writer, are presented in this supplemental reader for the use of United States military personnel studying Bahasa Indonesian. Lubis reveals his impressions of major United States cities and their people. The text, used with Volumes XIV and XV of the Basic Course for four weeks of the advanced phase,…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Idioms, Independent Reading, Indonesian
Scott, Wendy; Millar, Ninian – 1984
Teachers who do not use specifically communicatively-oriented textbooks can still derive much useful communicative language work from them. A key to success is engaging the student in the reading and comprehension of the text. Class exercises that can be used as pre-reading or pre-listening activities include: (1) giving students key words or…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)