View Single Post
Old 08-11-2010, 08:13 PM   #168
soothsayer
Member
soothsayer began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 13
Karma: 34
Join Date: Jul 2010
Device: hanlin, astak the 2010 version plz.
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrscoach View Post
I have been working in schools for years, but am currently going to college to get my teaching degree in English. In the past two years I worked closely with students in an English/Language Arts classroom and have noticed something by casual observation and questioning.

It seems that, often, poor readers do not 'see' what they are reading in their mind. They aren't making that connection in their brain and are too hung up on reading the words of a story. The good readers tend to picture the characters and action going on, just as if they were watching a movie.

this is merely poor education. when the so-called "poor" kids get more familiar and fluent with grammar, words, meaning, etc. they would be like normal readers; i.e., they just need to read more books, and make more (brain) connections between words and meanings.

....then their imagination will take over.
soothsayer is offline   Reply With Quote