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Article Analysis
Article Analysis
Brenda Sanchez
EDU 332: Language Arts Elementary School
Instructor: Shawn Brown
November 12, 2023
Article Analysis
In reading the article Teaching Listening and Speaking from Theory to Practice
from Jack
C. Richards it discusses many strategies that can be used in the classroom during instruction. The
two strategies for listening are the bottoms-up and top-down processes. Jack uses these methods to show listening as a process of understanding and acquisition. It goes on to explain that bottoms-up is used to help students get the understand or comprehend the meaning of topic or conversation they are listening to. Student would need to understand a vast range of vocabulary and have the knowledge of structure. Students that understand these structures and vocabulary can obtain deeper understanding of a topic with little information. An example that is used are basic sentences are read to students and they are to decide if it is negative or positive by the tone and the use of vocabulary. As for top-down is more towards background knowledge of the student. The student can infer about the topic using their background knowledge and obtain new knowledge once discussing the topic. Using this strategy students can show teachers what they already know but take notes on questions or new information that they did not know. This gives students responsibility of their own knowledge and the strategies to learn even more.
In the speaking aspect ensuring that students are exposed to the academic language and have students put this language into practice. Jack gives step by step instruction on what a teacher can do to ensure that the student is receiving the proper pronunciations and that learning objectives are clear. He states that by planning out what is going to be relayed to student this ensures that proper pronunciation is used, and students know the objectives of the lesson clearly. This article was able to break down these strategies by giving examples in both BICS and CALP.
In allowing the student to receive instruction while using academic language helps them in growing their vocabulary. When instructing the use of the proper pronunciation is a must so that when student repeat it back it is correct. If a student struggles with the pronunciation reptation of
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the words are important. It exposes the student to the proper pronunciation, and they start to understand and mimic the sounds as well. Jack also goes on to say that allowing student to carry on the conversation within the classroom and with peers is also great strategies to use in expanding a student’s speech both academically and casual conversation.
The second article that I will discuss is titled Effective Research Strategies for Students by Shane Mac Donnchaidh. In this article Shane shows that changes of research from past to present. In the past students went into the library to get the information that they needed for research. In recent times the computer and internet make research a quick and easy task. Although the use of the internet does make things easier for students but there are still strategies that students need to be taught to ensure their research is accurate and current. Shane goes on to discuss the general strategies when conducting research through the internet. As for elementary students Shane states that giving student an introduction on research is a good opportunity for them to be exposed to research vocabulary. The introduction will consist of what and how to use search engines such as Google. Explain that Google is a search engine or a platform, and it is used to research topics whether academic or out of curiosity. Explain to students the difference between primary and secondary sources. Using the terms primary and secondary sources allow student to have that background knowledge for future research. A primary source is first accounts
of an event either through word of mouth or writing from a person that was there and witnessed the event. It can also be a video, picture, or drawing. A secondary source is a retailing of the event, but the person was not there to witness it. Some activities that can be done in the classroom would be worksheets where the student can sort sources from primary to secondary. Another activity can be by providing students with a topic and they can write down different ways they can word it to ensure they obtain the proper information. The last activity that students
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can do is search a topic and look for information that lets them know that his website is accurate and appropriate to use. The last article that will be discussed is Teaching Strategies for Students with Dyslexia
by
the American University School of Education. The article starts by defining what dyslexia is and what effects can be seen in a student that struggle with dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disorder that people struggle in decoding. This was surprising to me. I have always thought that dyslexia was when students write letters backwards and words scrambled. In reading this article I learned that students not only struggle with writing letters correctly but also identifying the letter that goes with a sound. Some activities that can be used is having multisensory instruction. Incorporating tactical, kinesthetic, and auditory into the lesson plan so that the student has multiple forms of learning that can assist them.
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Reference
American University School of Education, (2003). Teaching Strategies for Students with Dyslexia.
https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/teaching-strategies-students-with-dyslexia/
Mac Donnchaidh, S. (2023). Effective Research Strategies for Students. Literacy Ideas. https://literacyideas.com/research-strategies-for-students/
Richards, J.C., (2008). Teaching Listening and Speaking from Theory to Practice
. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press