Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ416386
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Literacy Scaffolds: Strategies for First- and Second-Language Readers and Writers.
Boyle, Owen F.; Peregoy, Suzanne F.
Reading Teacher, v44 n3 p194-200 Nov 1990
Defines the notion of literacy scaffold and explains why literacy scaffolding applies to both first- and second-language learners. Offers criteria for teachers to apply in developing scaffolds. Illustrates the model with scaffolding activities used with elementary children, emphasizing the kinds of social contexts that optimize learning. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Models, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Writing Relationship, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Second Language Learning, Whole Language Approach, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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