Helping Students Read Better: The Use of Background Knowledge.

Heffernan, Neil

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ERIC Number: EJ668109

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Helping Students Read Better: The Use of Background Knowledge.

Heffernan, Neil

English Teacher: An International Journal, v6 n1 p62-65 Mar 2003

Focuses on the importance of background or schemata in learning to read and discusses how to help students use their background knowledge for reading. Suggests teachers need to activate students' prior knowledge of a topic before they begin to read. (VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Knowledge Level, Prior Learning, Reading Instruction, Schemata (Cognition), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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