http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/2014/10/12/reading-activities/ Otro sitio realizado con WordPress Sat, 11 Feb 2017 01:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.25 http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/2014/10/12/reading-activities/#comment-135 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:21:59 +0000 http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/?p=365#comment-135 Nice post and comment. Yes, there are many ways in which we can encourage reading, and the ones you mention will be fantastic once the student has overcome the first ‘level’. I would like you to think about elementary learners too because we need to think about our added element: it is done in an additional language. Imagine I’m learning Chinese, you may bring a Chinese author into my classroom, get a beautiful classroom library,etc. but I won’t understand what I am reading. That’s why you, future teachers, will help students by scaffolding their learning

]]> http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/2014/10/12/reading-activities/#comment-47 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:16:40 +0000 http://blogs.cardenalcisneros.es/childrenslit/?p=365#comment-47 Hi Lidia! I decided commenting on your post because it is directly linked to the topic I have talked about this week in the blog.
First of all and based on my experience, I would like to say that there is no doubt that reading is so important. I did not realised when I was at high school but nowadays I am completely sure of that. However, as I said in my post I am aware of some of the possible reasons of that. During the seminar time there were some of us who said that we hated reading when we were at high school. We only remember reading a huge amount of books, without any interest at all and writing a lot of summaries. It was completely senseless for us!
For these reasons, I really like your ideas to encourage reading in students. I am completely sure that this is what we need nowadays to change the misconceptions that some students have about this activity. And I am totally against asking students to read books and books just because they have to read.
They do not have the obligation to read. They have to understand that reading is fun and they can discover new worlds with just a book in their hands and enjoy themselves.

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