Can picture books in the English classroom lead to increased reading comprehension?

Simon’s classroom (S07) had much more evidence of intellectually challenging tasks and disciplinary explanations with attention to conceptual understanding than

Mokharti, 2002), and that teaching metacognitive strategies explicitly is a “key for success” (Iwai, 2011, 157), many of the contributors here discuss approaches to literary

For students who don’t have a problem being motivated to learn English, reading novels provide a “safe” way to experience real-life situations, and the feeling of distance that

Picture books, ranging from very simple to quite complex stories and catering for different reader preferences and reading skills, are ideal texts for training the new literacy..

The study compared reading times, comprehension and vocabulary knowledge of Norwegian students with native English speaking students.. It was found that Norwegian

Reading literary texts is a rewarding activity for students from a pedagogical as well as a didactic perspective. It fosters personal growth as well as language

Tests that measure knowledge of vocabulary in Norwegian and English and reading comprehension in Norwegian have been used as independent variables and a test that measures

Together, these data explored how and for what purposes teachers included reading comprehension strategies by asking, “What role do reading comprehension strategies play in