Reading skills are essential for all students for their successful
advancement through school and on into adult life. With limited English,
many Non English Speaking Background (NESB) students are
under-achieving at school due to their lack of reading ability in English.
This research investigates a skills-based program with an emphasis on
decoding (often referred to as a bottom-up theoretical perspective)
compared to a program emphasising the development of comprehension
strategies, where higher level thinking is required (top-down perspective).
Using a case study approach with one NESB student, it appeared that a
skills-based approach was more successful and preferred by the student.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:canterbury.ac.nz/oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/2832 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Liu, Tina Meng-Ting |
| Publisher | University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development |
| Source Sets | University of Canterbury |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic thesis or dissertation, Text |
| Rights | Copyright Tina Meng-Ting Liu, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml |
| Relation | NZCU |
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