Improving reading comprehension with readers theater

Abstract

Although readers theater has traditionally been recommended as a method for improving reading fluency, this 18-week quasi-experimental study examined the effects of a readers theater instructional protocol that updates and expands on traditional approaches by adding specific tasks that engage students in various reading comprehension and vocabulary activities. Because the students were not randomly assigned to either condition, propensity score matching was used to minimize potential bias between the groups. After the matching procedure, the overall total of second-grade students decreased from 145?to 76. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted for all three measures. The results revealed statistically significant time effects on all three measures of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, including decoding, word knowledge, and reading comprehension. Only the reading comprehension measure was qualified by an interaction effect, and the results favored the readers theater treatment group. Implications for instruction and future research are discussed.     

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九年义务制初中英语第二册中出现了ｆｅｗ,ａｆｅｗ,ｌｉｔｔｌｅ,ａｌｉｔｔｌｅ这四个词语。它们在用法上既有相互的联系 ,又有本质的区别。许多同学在刚刚接触到它们时很容易将其弄混 ,或是在使用时出现错误。为了帮助同学识记 ,我们设计了下面这个表格 :这是一个没有加带任何提示的表格 ,同学们先不要看下文 ,仔细分析一下 ,你是否能观察出它们之间的共性与异性 ,并在空白处填上汉字说明。好吧 ,让我们先来横看这个表格 ,ｆｅｗ和ｌｉｔｔｌｅ的共同特点是什么？ａｆｅｗ和ａｌｉｔｔｌｅ的共同特点又是什么？我们再纵看这个表格 ,ｆ…     

大城小事

After graduation from university,I landed a job in a French-funded corporation as a trainee engineer.At the very first thought,it'S relatively a good beginning and perhaps most 0f people would think SO,including me.……     

玩皮小画家

达达是个小小男子汉。男子汉能吃好多饭，“啊呜啊呜”吃下一个大馒头：男子汉力气可真大，“嗨哟嗨哟”撑起一把大雨伞；男子汉摔了跤从来不哭，自己爬起来。男子汉的好朋友当然也是男子汉，“啪啪”响的小手枪是男子汉。“嘟嘟”跑的小汽车也是男子汉。     

顽皮小画家

小乌龟在森林里开了一家职业介绍所，很多小动物来找工作，小乌龟都忙不过来了。小猴子说：“小乌龟，我想找份工作。”小乌龟说：“你爬树爬得那么快，就去椰子，开椰子店吧!”小青蛙说：“小乌龟，     

顽皮小画家

从前有一只神奇的兔子，叫乖乖免。有一只大灰狼，很想吃这只兔子，可从没得逞。     

顽皮小画家

一只蚊子想去吸蜘蛛的血，当它冲向蜘蛛的时候，“啪”，它被蜘蛛网给黏住了，动不了了。蜘蛛爬过去把蚊子当点心吃了。蜘蛛发现蚊子的味道不错，心想：明天会有很多蚊子来报仇。我还是赶紧织网吧。     

顽皮小画家

从前有三只小猪。有一天，他们决定各自盖一座新房子。老大搬来麦秸和稻草，决定给自己盖一座草房子。老二和老大的方法不一样，他要为自己盖一座木房子。老二又是锯木板，又是钉钉子，用了整整一天时间把术房子盖好了，他非常满意。看见两个哥哥的房子部盖好了，老三并不着急，还在一车一车地推砖。     

A preliminary survey of the modern Italian theater

The purpose of this paper was to record observations of the Italian theater in 1969, including such aspects as its organization, popularity, plays, directors, actors, and acting. There are also necessarily brief observations about L'Accademia dell’ Arte Drammatica, the state supported dramatic school in Rome.

Noteworthy is the fact that the Italian government subsidizes permanent companies in principal cities. In addition there are other relatively permanent companies organized by one or more actors who may also write and direct.

Perhaps the most striking phenomenon observed was the Italian predilection for foreign playwrights and dead Italian authors, whose works make up a large percentage of the theatrical bill‐of‐fare. Among living playwrights, the names of Diego Fabbri and Eduardo di Filippo are most often mentioned by those Italians questioned.

Italian acting is broad, beautiful, and—above all—effective.     

一个“文明型国家”的崛起

过去30余年中,中国稳步崛起。这期间,在中国境内,占全世界70%的贫困人口消失;中国经济增长规模为8倍,而东欧为1倍;中国的发达板块,如北京、上海等在许多方面已经远超美国纽约。在采用西方模式的非西方国家中,没有成功的例子。这时候,我们不得不震撼,不得不反思许多问题:为什么采用西方模式的国家总体效果并不那么明显,而中国历经香     

《乡下丈夫》中的意象简评

《乡下丈夫》是约翰·契弗的著名短篇小说,在其中,作者通过田园意象、神话意象以及战争意象的运用,对人奚自然状态、欲望、文明的混乱进行了指涉。