English for Academic Purpose II
Improving Reading in the Primary Grades
by
Nell K. Duke and Meghan K. Block
Reading is very important skill in our life and needed by everyone. Without reading we can't get the new information or the new issues that happen in this world. Reading needs the ability to understand the
message presented in the text with meaningful information. Paying attention to
what is given in the text and understand comprehensively are really needed in
the process of reading.
We should learn about something from the young age, such as learn to read something. We can start to learn from the kindergarten. In this journal there are several areas and strategies for improvment. They highlight
some recent research studies and
reviews of research that suggest promising
strategies for improving primary-grade
reading, including for children of low socioeconomic
status.
1. Word-Reading Skill and Its Foundations
2. Vocabulary Instruction
3. Developing Conceptual and
Content Knowledge
4. Promoting Comprehension Strategies
5. Reading Outside of School
6. Putting It All Together: Effective
Interventions for Students and Schools
In sum, we can use the strategies when we want to teach the children in reading skill. there is no skills that is not important in this world. The four skills, reading, listening, speaking and writing, there are very useful in our life.