Open AccessVoice And Dialogue In Teaching Reading/Writing To Qatari Students
Author(s) -
Krystyna U. Golkowska
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of international education research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2158-0987
pISSN - 2158-0979
DOI - 10.19030/jier.v9i4.8085
Subject(s) - reading (process) , reading comprehension , teaching method , mathematics education , comprehension , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , programming language
This paper describes an attempt to improve the reading comprehension and writing skills of students coming from an oral culture. The proposed approach involves using voice and dialogue understood literally and metaphorically as a tool in teaching students how to engage texts and write with a reader in mind. The author discusses a pilot study incorporated into a writing course in the Pre-medical Education Program at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.