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ERIC Number: EJ725947
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Oct-1
Pages: 4
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
What's News?
Hobbs, Renee
Educational Leadership, v63 n2 p58-61 Oct 2005
News analysis and entertainment media is part of a media literacy that helps students access, analyze, evaluate and create messages using media in various forms. Media literacy is a key asset in a democracy as well as a bridge to reading comprehension, as skillful media use and script-reading activities can support the English acquisition skills, especially among second-language learners.
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Media Literacy, Democracy, English (Second Language), Mass Media Use, Mass Media Role, Teaching Methods
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311. Web site: http://www.ascd.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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