Paired reading with iPads in the grade 6 French immersion classroom
| dc.contributor.author | Dorion, Charlotte Lucy Hesione | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Tobin, Ruthanne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-03T17:31:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-06-03T17:31:48Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2015 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06-03 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Education M.Ed. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This project was prompted by observed difficulties in L2 reading and comprehension for grade 6 French Immersion students. The literature on L2 reading was reviewed, and evidence was found for a threshold of vocabulary and of competence in language below which students may not benefit from silent reading. A review of the literature on reading aloud with a partner suggested that it may increase comprehension, and the literature on iPads suggested that they may be a useful tool for increasing engagement in reading. Based on these findings, friendship-based pairs read aloud to one another and recorded a response to what they had read on an iPad on a weekly basis for a school year. This paired reading activity seemed to lead to elevated levels of motivation and engagement evidenced by the students’ increased comprehension and spontaneous use of play and role play. | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6221 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | French Immersion | en_US |
| dc.subject | iPads | en_US |
| dc.subject | Paired Reading | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reading in French Immersion | en_US |
| dc.title | Paired reading with iPads in the grade 6 French immersion classroom | en_US |
| dc.type | project | en_US |