Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivation
Supporting students’ reading competence (i.e., their comprehension and vocabulary) is complex, particularly when working with multilingual learners, and involves implementing instructional practices to support their behavioral engagement in reading as well as their reading motivation. The purpose of...
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| author | Melissa A. Gallagher Jori S. Beck Erin M. Ramirez Ana Taboada Barber Michelle M. Buehl |
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| description | Supporting students’ reading competence (i.e., their comprehension and vocabulary) is complex, particularly when working with multilingual learners, and involves implementing instructional practices to support their behavioral engagement in reading as well as their reading motivation. The purpose of this mixed methods case study was to examine changes in multilingual learners’ reading comprehension, academic vocabulary, reading engagement, and reading motivation after participating in a 7-week intervention called United States History for Engaged Reading (USHER) and then examine qualitative data to explain why these changes may have occurred. We found changes in the reading comprehension of MLs across all four teachers’ classes, and variable changes in academic vocabulary, reading engagement, and reading motivation. We highlight specific instructional practices that may have led to these changes, including engaging students in discussions during explicit vocabulary instruction, allowing students choice and the opportunity to collaborate, and making the content relevant by relating it to students’ lives, among others. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f4b76983d2a4abba05c77454afb17572023-08-10T22:56:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2023-08-01810.3389/feduc.2023.10859091085909Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivationMelissa A. Gallagher0Jori S. Beck1Erin M. Ramirez2Ana Taboada Barber3Michelle M. Buehl4College of Education, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United StatesDepartment of Teaching and Learning, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United StatesCollege of Education, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United StatesCollege of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United StatesCollege of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United StatesSupporting students’ reading competence (i.e., their comprehension and vocabulary) is complex, particularly when working with multilingual learners, and involves implementing instructional practices to support their behavioral engagement in reading as well as their reading motivation. The purpose of this mixed methods case study was to examine changes in multilingual learners’ reading comprehension, academic vocabulary, reading engagement, and reading motivation after participating in a 7-week intervention called United States History for Engaged Reading (USHER) and then examine qualitative data to explain why these changes may have occurred. We found changes in the reading comprehension of MLs across all four teachers’ classes, and variable changes in academic vocabulary, reading engagement, and reading motivation. We highlight specific instructional practices that may have led to these changes, including engaging students in discussions during explicit vocabulary instruction, allowing students choice and the opportunity to collaborate, and making the content relevant by relating it to students’ lives, among others.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1085909/fullcomprehensionEnglish language learnersvocabularymotivation/engagementinstructionmultilingual learners |
| spellingShingle | Melissa A. Gallagher Jori S. Beck Erin M. Ramirez Ana Taboada Barber Michelle M. Buehl Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivation Frontiers in Education comprehension English language learners vocabulary motivation/engagement instruction multilingual learners |
| title | Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivation |
| title_full | Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivation |
| title_fullStr | Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivation |
| title_short | Supporting multilingual learners’ reading competence: a multiple case study of teachers’ instruction and student learning and motivation |
| title_sort | supporting multilingual learners reading competence a multiple case study of teachers instruction and student learning and motivation |
| topic | comprehension English language learners vocabulary motivation/engagement instruction multilingual learners |
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