Phonological Awareness and Bilingual Preschoolers: Should We Teach It and, If So, How?

This article briefly reviews recent research on teaching phonological awareness skills to preschoolers as well as the benefits of different types of bilingual education. A more in-depth analysis of research on cross-language transfer of phonological awareness/metalinguistic skills follows. The major recommendation resulting from this review is that the teaching of phonological awareness skills in both the home language and school language of preschoolers is the preferred intervention.     

对古诗《敕勒川》的现代阐释与思考

克服传统思维定势的影响,以现代阅读学、阐释学的视野观照当前的学阅读与语教学,是我国当前化和教育领域的一项十分紧迫的任务。本意从对古诗《敕勒川》的一种新的解读入手,做一次现代阅读的个案分析,以期引起诸同仁对上述问题的进一步关注。     

朗读中重音的确定与表达

重音是体现语句目的重要手段。语句中陈述、判定的中心词 ,修饰、描摹的关键词语和语句中的呼应词语一般处理为重音。重音的表达除了用重读法外 ,还可用轻说法、放慢拖长法和前后停顿法。     

汉语节律朗读--读者语流音律和作者意象心律的碰撞

字正腔圆、表情达意的节律朗读，是读的语流音律和作的意象心律相碰撞的产物，也是语音链和语意、语用的表里合一。章列举了汉语节律特征的表意功能，分析了导致朗读产生误码的各种因素，指出节律朗读的最高境界是“字中有音，音中无字”。     

高校图书馆读者需求论

研究和探讨读者需求,是为了更好地为读者服务,提升高校图书馆文献的利用率,文章分别对学生和教师的阅读需求特征作了分析。学生阅读需求特征为:1.阶段性;2.集中性;3.广泛性。教师的阅读需求特征为:1.全面系统;2.专深具体;3.新颖及时。     

探析读者心理 做好服务工作

图书馆工作的中心任务是读者工作,要想做好读者工作,就必须探讨读者心理。本文重点阐述了读者在阅读过程中的阅读需要、阅读动机、阅读兴趣。这些内容属于读者个性心理倾向的一部分。通过对读者心理理论的探讨,在实践中尽可能做到有的放矢地为读者服务。     

The relationship between grit,self-control,and early grade reading: a trial measuring soft skills in rural Tanzania

Abstract

Soft skills such as grit, self-control, and self-confidence have been shown to predict outcomes in school and in life. As such, their valid and reliable measurement is of substantial interest in educational research and policy circles. However, the vast majority of this research originates in Western countries; relatively little is known regarding the measurement of soft skills in developing country contexts and whether similar types of instruments can provide evidence of these skills. This paper presents a novel means of assessing grit, self-control, and self-confidence in rural Tanzania: through the use of scenario-based self-report questionnaires. Survey instruments were administered in three regions in Tanzania to 961 Standard 2 pupils. We found that scenario-based items provided valid and, in most cases, reliable estimates of the three tested soft skills. When comparing self-reported soft skills and reading ability, we found that both grit and self-control were significant predictors of reading and mathematics performance. After controlling for sex, region, and age, grit was found to have a stronger association with reading performance than socioeconomic status.     

内容图式对ESL阅读及其策略使用的影响

文章运用定量方法研究了以图片形式提供给学生的内容图式对学生阅读理解的促进作用。研究结果表明:为受试提供图片提示后,他们能够主动应用预测、联系先前知识等阅读策略,从而弥补了二语阅读的语言障碍,较好的理解了高于他们英语水平的文章。因此图式提示对学生的阅读理解具有良好的促进作用,并且可以有效引导学生阅读策略的使用。     

句式感悟能力及其培养方法

从阅读的心理机制和教学实践的角度，探讨句式感悟在阅读能力培养中的地位及其教学过程中的具体操作方法，并提出了训练模式。     

The effect of text genre on parent use of joint book reading strategies to promote phonological awareness

This study compared the rates of different types of joint book reading behaviors of parents of preschool children with and without language impairments using two different text genres. Participants included 72 preschool children between the ages of 51 and 70 months. Fifty-five children were typically developing and 17 were diagnosed with language impairments. Parent–child dyads were videotaped during periods of joint book reading using two different types of text (one alphabet-rhyming and one narrative). Results indicated parents rarely used reading behaviors known to enhance their preschoolers’ phonological awareness. However, when used, there was a significant difference between the two types of texts. The alphabet book elicited a higher rate of phonological awareness and print concept behaviors, while the narrative book resulted in parents using more content behaviors. In addition, the parents of typically developing children used more phonological awareness behaviors than the parents of children with language impairments.