A Step-by-Step Program for Developing Higher Level Skills in Struggling Readers

2009 ◽  
pp. 163-197
Author(s):  
Thomas Gunning
Keyword(s):  
Struggling Readers ◽  
Step Program

Using Multilinguistic Strategies to Improve Decoding in Older School-Age Students in a Contextualized and Motivational Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ginger Collins ◽  
Julie A. Wolter
Keyword(s):  
Struggling Readers ◽  
Morphological Awareness ◽  
Reading Acquisition ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
School Age ◽  
Academic Vocabulary ◽  
Motivation To Read ◽  
Elementary Years

The multilinguistic skills of phonological, orthographic, and morphological awareness codevelop and appear to all be important for reading acquisition in the elementary years. By fourth grade, the academic vocabulary words to which students are exposed become more content-specific and frequently contain multiple morphological units. Struggling readers often lack motivation to read. The purpose of this article is to (a) review the evidence basis for providing multilinguistic instruction, and (b) provide a model for teaching multilinguistic strategies by using Latin and Greek roots within the context of creating superhero comics to promote decoding in an engaging manner.

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