The Use of Scaffolding in Reading Authentic Books in English Lessons
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | New Trends in Educating Future Teachers of English VI |
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| Field | Pedagogy and education |
| Keywords | Scaffolding; reader development; extensive reading; authentic materials; modelled reading; shared reading;independent reading |
| Description | In response to current trends in ELT and reader development versus contemporary teaching practice in Czech schools, a teacher-student project was developed at the English Department, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University Brno, the main objective of which was to pilot and evaluate scaffolding as a suitable teaching method to facilitate reader development through reading authentic materials in and outside the English class. The journal article gives a thorough account of the project premises, procedures and outcomes. |