Module 10 - EDU 104 - Language Arts for Young Children - Textbook - LibGuides at Hostos Community College Library

Module 10: Supporting Children's Reading Growth

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to define context clues and discuss their usage.
"Students will be able to discuss how English language learners’ prior experiences influence how they learn; and explain different types of programs available for English language learners in schools."

Readings

Reading: Vocabulary: Strategies to Improve Your Vocabulary, English Composition 1
There are several proven benefits in improving your vocabulary, but how should we go about learning new words in the most effective way? By using the following ten vocabulary-building strategies, you are guaranteed to develop a strong vocabulary and keep improving it every day.
Reading: Vocabulary: The Relationship Between Reading and Vocabulary, English Composition 1
The following article by Alice Sullivan examines how childhood reading habits affect us later in life. Don’t despair–even if we didn’t read a lot as teenagers, we can still develop the habit (and the vocabulary) as adults. Note that her study focused on readers in England, though the trend is likely universal.
Helping English Language Learners Develop Literacy Skills and Succeed Academically, Chapter 8 Steps to Success
The aim of this chapter is to provide educators with background knowledge on English language learners and information on how to better assist culturally and linguistically diverse students to develop the literacy skills crucial for academic success. Differences in social and academic language will be addressed, at6s well as theories of language acquisition and language learning. Recommendations to educators will be offered to better assist students as they become proficient in the English language while being exposed to new content in the classroom. The chapter also will draw upon the importance of including students’ previous experiences, along with embracing students’ cultural and linguistic diversity.

Videos

Using Context Clues

This video offers definition of what context clues are, when it comes to deepening your vocabulary, and examples of how to put them into practice.

Given this understanding of what context clues are, the next video below specifies 4 types of context clues.

Attributions

Reading: Vocabulary: Strategies to Improve Your Vocabulary, English Composition 1. Provided by: Lumen Learning. Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/engcomp1-wmopen/chapter/text-strategies-to-improve-your-vocabulary/ License: CC BY-Attribution 4.0 unless otherwise noted.

Reading: Vocabulary: The Relationship Between Reading and Vocabulary, English Composition 1. Provided by: Lumen Learning Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/engcomp1-wmopen/chapter/text-the-relationship-between-reading-and-vocabulary/ License: CC BY-Attribution 4.0 unless otherwise noted.

Helping English Language Learners Develop Literacy Skills and Succeed Academically, Chapter 8 Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice. Authored by: Kristen A. Munger, Ed. Provided by: Open SUNY Textbooks. Located at: http://textbooks.opensuny.org/steps-to-success/ License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Reading: Vocabulary: Reading Context Clues, English Composition 1. Provided by: Lumen Learning Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/engcomp1-wmopen/chapter/video-using-context-clues/ License: CC BY-Attribution 4.0 unless otherwise noted.

Using Context Clues to Improve Vocabulary. Authored by: LoveYourPencil. Located at: https://youtu.be/85QcLiXBm6A. License: All Rights Reserved. License Terms: Standard YouTube License.

EDU 104 - Language Arts for Young Children - Textbook

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EDU 104 Language Arts for Young Children

Module 10: Supporting Children's Reading Growth

Readings

Videos

Using Context Clues

Attributions