Graduate Project Title
Teaching English/Spanish Cognates to Increase Reading Comprehension
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 1998
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Timothy W. Young
Second Committee Member
Frederick Abel
Third Committee Member
Osman Alawiye
Abstract
A curriculum has been developed for middle school English as a Second Language (ESL) students to improve their reading comprehension. A review of the literature found that vocabulary is an essential part of reading comprehension and becoming aware of English/Spanish cognates can increase the students' English vocabulary. The curriculum includes a survey to assess a student's knowledge and use of cognates, lesson plans to introduce the concept of cognates, to practice recognizing English/Spanish cognates, and learn the correlation of suffixes between English and Spanish. The curriculum also includes lists of English/Spanish cognates divided by subjects.
Recommended Citation
Suhm, Stacey A., "Teaching English/Spanish Cognates to Increase Reading Comprehension" (1998). All Graduate Projects. 586.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/586
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons