Rainey, Karen, F.2014-06-162014-06-1620142014-06-16http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5436This project was undertaken to examine English language teachers' approach to teaching reading comprehension to diverse English language learners, including the all encompassing effects of the socio-cultural perspective and the cultural funds of knowledge. Observation of the literature revealed a need for explicit, multifacted and authentic specific English langauge learner pedagogical practices. A number of practical ideas and resources are outlined based on researched theoretical and empirical evidence.enreading theoretical foundationsreadingcomprehensionEnglish language learnersschema theoryL2 theoretical foundationscultural funds of knowledgesocio-cultural perspectiveprojectAvailable to the World Wide Web