Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2002
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Lee A. Plourde
Second Committee Member
Osman Alawiye
Third Committee Member
Harold S. Williams
Abstract
The use of literature and content-based readings in the secondary ESL classroom was researched. The research suggests that providing second language learners with meaningful readings that provide for comprehensible input will build schema and background knowledge that will help them to be successful in their content area classes. A handbook for educators was created to supplement the existing curriculum, as well as to show readers that this type of supplemental reading handbook can be created by anyone to be used with any type of ESL curriculum. This handbook contains both literature and content-based resources that coincide with the themes and topics provided by the In Contact 1 curriculum, published by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Recommended Citation
Adamson, Tanya Lynn, "Promoting Literacy Through Literature and Content-Based Radings in the Secondary English-as-a-Second-Language Classroom in Conjunction with the In Contact 1 Curriculum: A Handbook for Educators" (2002). All Graduate Projects. 730.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/730
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