Teaching english strategies

Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand or connect to what they are reading, they are not really reading. This lesson provides useful reading comprehension strategies for English language learners.

Reading strategies useful in every content area include Questioning the text, Visualization, and using Context Clues to infer meaning.

Asking questions before, during, and after reading comes very naturally to skilled readers, but for struggling readers, this skill can be just the opposite. Asking questions of varying depths is arguably the most important reading

Learning to read is such a fun and special time: it's a valuable skill, and sparking an early love of reading can make it become a lifelong passion. In order

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How to use the TPR teaching method in the classroom. Educational and instructional TPR helps students understand what the teacher is saying.

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