The aim of this study is to analyze the difficulties of reading and writing experienced by primary school pupils when writing a script for a theatrical performance called "digestion". Our main research questions are...The aim of this study is to analyze the difficulties of reading and writing experienced by primary school pupils when writing a script for a theatrical performance called "digestion". Our main research questions are: how does a theatrical performance help to reconsider the scripts and to build a model of the digestive system? The pupils were encouraged to stage a theatrical performance for the whole school, explaining the digestion of a sandwich, a glass of water, an apple and a piece of chewing gum. The play helped to develop not only knowledge but also language. Having to produce a text for two different audiences, teachers and other learners led the students to debate between using "academic" vocabulary or more everyday vocabulary. Overall we found that they were more concerned with writing "academic" scripts, influenced by the texts that they consulted, than with writing a play accessible to all audiences.展开更多
In reading instruction,if the writing tasks carefully designed by teachers are closely related to the content of the read?ing texts,then they can urge students to pay more attention to the texts,get familiar with them...In reading instruction,if the writing tasks carefully designed by teachers are closely related to the content of the read?ing texts,then they can urge students to pay more attention to the texts,get familiar with them,make use of them,and make writing activities and reading activities closely linked.展开更多
文摘The aim of this study is to analyze the difficulties of reading and writing experienced by primary school pupils when writing a script for a theatrical performance called "digestion". Our main research questions are: how does a theatrical performance help to reconsider the scripts and to build a model of the digestive system? The pupils were encouraged to stage a theatrical performance for the whole school, explaining the digestion of a sandwich, a glass of water, an apple and a piece of chewing gum. The play helped to develop not only knowledge but also language. Having to produce a text for two different audiences, teachers and other learners led the students to debate between using "academic" vocabulary or more everyday vocabulary. Overall we found that they were more concerned with writing "academic" scripts, influenced by the texts that they consulted, than with writing a play accessible to all audiences.
文摘In reading instruction,if the writing tasks carefully designed by teachers are closely related to the content of the read?ing texts,then they can urge students to pay more attention to the texts,get familiar with them,make use of them,and make writing activities and reading activities closely linked.