The aim of this essay is to test how a teacher can use a pre-reading strategy in the ESL classroom. The pre-reading strategy will be used with song lyrics instead of the usual classroom textbooks. The reaserch questions for this essay are Does the pre-reading strategy “THIEVES” give any results when teaching English as a second language in the classroom? Can any results be discerned after six weeks of working with this pre-reading strategy in a Swedish ESL classroom context? Do students find it easier to work with song lyrics rather than other types of texts?

The aim of the study was to demonstrate that the reading strategies can be applied even for the preschool children. These strategies help children to understand the text read out aloud. In the theoretical part I am devoted to define the concept of pre-reading literacy, its connection with critical thinking and introducing the program Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking. I also clarified the relationship between reading skills and reading strategies, approached selected reading strategies and possible methods for their development. In conclusion of the theoretical part I outlined some of the strategies that might be suitable for working with preschool children. In the practical part I focused on the acquisition of individual strategies for preschool children, for the exact strategies: connecting (text to self, text to text, text to world), visualizing, predicting, reasoning, summarizing and questioning. Each of them I presented on concrete examples. I also proposed an integrated project involving work with these strategies, which I realized and then analysed. Based on the results of research, I have concluded that preschool children can work very well with these strategies, while indicating that these significantly contribute to the comprehension of the text of preschool children. Keywords:...

The aim of the thesis is to show how important is the role of parents in the development of pre-literacy reading. In the theoretical part, I focused on the definition of reading literacy and pre-literacy reading and explanation the difference between them. I also described components and phases of the pre-literacy reading and possibilities of its development. I tried to emphasize the role played in the development by not only teachers, but also by parents, and to describe the methods which can enhance readership. Furthermore, I mentioned the types of reading strategies. In conclusion of the theoretical part I pointed out the influence which the reading has on the development of children's personality and what the research says about the role of parents. In the empirical part I analysed questionnaires filled out by parents from kindergarten with an effort to develop a typology of parents who do read to their children and who do not. Additional conversations helped me clarify what affects the reading of the parents has - it turned out that it is all about relationship to reading; parents who were in childhood read aloud, now they read to their children. Educated parents are more likely to accompany reading by other activities and rituals. In conclusion, I tried to figure out how can one lead...

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The thesis thema is "Fairy Tales activities in kindergarten: Hansel and Gretel". Theoretical part of this thesis displays the definition of fairy tale and specifications of the preschool age. The goal of practical part is to compare different versions of the fairy tale and chose the best one for preschool age childern. Next step then is preparation of project foccused on children skills developement by work with fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Organisation of lessons in the ordinary kindergarden. Summary of the project and recomendation for praxis. Methhods as interview and observation has been used. Childern have been developping six types of inteligence by participation in this project, they also developed their ideas presentation in the group and also in comunication with the teacher. KEYWORDS: pre-reading literacy, work with book, dramatization of fairy tales, development of reading methods pre-reading literacy, Hansel and Gretel

The Master Degree Thesis focuses on the issue of pre-reading literacy and ways of its possible development in childhood. Its starting point is the fact that time devoted to reading aloud to children as well as encouraging them in playing with books is vital for their development and should be an inseparable part of a language learning process. The Thesis points at the imporant role of parents as well as kindergarten teachers in the process. Project "Every Czech Reads to Kids" is introduced. The aim of the last chapter is to show the educational process in the field of pre-reading literacy in particular Czech kindergartens. Role of parents is discussed, too.

This diploma thesis is aimed at finding out the current situation of so called pre-reading and explore methods used for development of so called pre-reading literacy. The thesis is divided in two parts theoretical and practical one. The theoretical part refers to characterizing of preschool age, problems of reading literacy (with focusing on so called pre-reading literacy), factors impacting children'spre-reader's interest and especially methods usable for abilities and skillsdevelopment of preschool children in area of literary education. The practical part includes empirical survey (qualitative research), realized at chosen kindergartens. The research is supported by working sheets that are verified in practice.

Education is a fundamental precondition for progress and growth in South Africa (Spaull, 2011, p. 1). Literacy opens the doors to better livelihoods, improved health and expanded opportunity (UNESCO, 2011). Illiteracy is a serious constraint to improving education standards in South Africa. Prominent research studies stress the low levels of reading ability across the country. At the onset of Grade One, pre-reading skills are taught. Pre-reading skills are foundational skills and essential for later reading success. Teachers in English Second Language environments face the daunting challenge of teaching learners to read in a foreign language. This qualitative research study, which was conducted at a low-fee private school in Pretoria Central Business district, aimed to explore the methods that educators were using to teach second language English Learners (ESL) pre-reading skills. Data collected from semi-structured interviews, lesson observations and document analysis revealed that educators had a limited theoretical knowledge of pre-reading skills due to a lack of tertiary education and curriculum training. Numerous methods of teaching pre-reading skills were identified during pre-reading lesson observations. The synthetic phonics approach, multisensory teaching, using dramatization and subtractive bilingualism were methods of instruction used to develop phonemic awareness and English oral language competency. The study highlighted the numerous challenges faced by ESL teaching working in a low-socioeconomic environment and the ways in which the teachers overcame these challenges. Based on this study’s results, recommendations are provided to enhance the teaching of pre-reading skills to ESL learners. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Educational Psychology / MEd / Unrestricted

[pt] O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar os resultados de uma pesquisa etnográfica na área de Lingüística Aplicada, onde propomos investigar, com o apoio da Prática Exploratória (Allwright & Bailey, 1991) questões relacionadas ao uso do dicionário bilíngüe e à atividade de pré-leitura no aprendizado do léxico desconhecido em aulas de língua estrangeira. A análise buscou embasamento nos pressupostos de Grabe & Stoller, 2002; Coracini, 1995; Carter & McCarthy, 1988; Kleiman, 1989 e Kato, 1985. O corpus é composto por aulas de inglês numa turma de sete alunos adultos de nível básico, de uma grande empresa. Foram gravadas e transcritas quatro aulas com diferentes atividades de leitura, propostas pela professora- pesquisadora. Questionários e entrevistas foram respondidos pelos alunos. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que o dicionário bilíngüe é considerado, pelos alunos, de forma diferenciada, sendo representado e usado de maneiras diversas no contexto analisado; a atividade de pré-leitura é vista como complemento importante na sala de aula, ativando o conhecimento lingüístico e de mundo dos alunos, durante o processo de leitura. A reflexão da professorapesquisadora sobre a sua prática pedagógica e discursiva em sala de aula levou-a a confirmar e reformular algumas de suas crenças sobre atividades de leitura, bem como identificar outros fatores que interferem nas aulas, tais como concepções e experiências anteriores dos alunos sobre seu processo de aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira. / [en] The purpose of this study is to present the results of an etnographic research in the area of Applied Linguistics, which investigates, with the support of Exploratory Practice (Allwright & Bailey, 1991), issues related to the use of bilingual dictionaries and pre-reading activities in the acquisition of unknown vocabulary in a foreign language. The theoretical background for the analysis was based on Grabe & Stoller, 2002; Coracini, 1995; Carter & McCarthy, 1988; Kleiman, 1989 and Kato, 1985. The corpus includes English as a foreign language lessons in a class of seven basic level adult students from a big company in Rio de Janeiro. Four lessons with different reading activities and proposed by the teacherresearcher were recorded and trascribed. Questionnaires and interviews were answered by the students. The results of this research show that the bilingual dictionary is used and considered, by the students, in different ways in this context; the pre- reading activity is considered as an important complement in the language classroom, activating students´ linguistic and world knowledge, during the reading process. The teacher-researcher´s reflection about her pedagogic and discursive practice in the classroom led her to confirm and to reformulate some of her beliefs towards reading activities, as well as to identify other factors that influence her classes, such as students´ individual conceptions and their previous experiences in relation to the foreign language learning process.

The diploma thesis deals with problems of preparation of children in kindergartens before entering elementary school. The work is mainly focused on the development of pre- reading skills in children. The first part of the thesis deals with the issue of pre-school education legislation. The following are the areas in which children need to develop the most and need to be supported. The second part of the diploma thesis contains information about the survey that was carried out. In conclusion, recommendations and a summary of the lessons learned are presented.