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Are the “Five Pillars of Literacy Instruction” in Our Classrooms?
Stephanie FuchsSlide2
The Five Pillars
The
Five Pillars
of literacy
, identified by the National Reading Panel (2000) are:
phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
These are considered crucial components in any literacy instruction program for English as a first language (L1).Slide3
Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic Awareness
is the ability to focus on phonemes in spoken words and manipulate them in language activities
(Adams, 1990; Cassidy et al., 2010).
identifying sounds at the beginning or end of words
practicing oral rhyming
counting the number of sounds in words
deleting or switching one sound in a wordSlide4
Phonics
Phonics
is the correspondence between graphemes and phonemes which must be taught systematically and explicitly
(Adams, 1990; Moats, 2000;
Rayner
, 2001).
Teaching the letters and their sounds
Teaching the orthographic patterns (letter combinations) and their sounds
Teaching spelling rules
Providing phonic
texts for reading practice (texts that can be read by sounding out each letter or letter combination that
have
already
been taught
, with no or very few irregular words
) Slide5
Reading Fluency
Reading Fluency
is one of the strongest predictors of overall reading ability
(
Rasinski
, Homan, & Biggs, 2009;
Rasinski
, 2012)
and is defined as the ability to read text quickly, effortlessly, and with good, meaningful expression
(
Begeny
et al., 2012;
Grabe
, 2009;
Meisinger
et al., 2010; National Reading Panel, 2000).
Silent repeated reading
Reading aloud to a partner or small group
Listening to the teacher reading while following the text to expose the pupils to correct punctuation and intonationSlide6
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
knowledge promotes the ability of students to derive meaning from text
(
Brusnighan
& Folk, 2012; Hawkins, Hale,
Sheely
, & Ling, 2011)
and knowledge of the words in a text has been shown to highly affect reading performance
(Moats, 2000; Schmitt, Jiang, &
Grabe
, 2011).
Teaching single words or chunks of language (a) connected to the topic of the currently taught unit (b) frequently used that are not directly connected to the topic in the unit (only, just, but, etc.) (c) phonically connectedSlide7
Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension
requires students to read and extract meaning by interacting with the text
(
Grabe
, 2009; Solis,
Ciullo
, Vaughn, Pyle,
Hassaram
, &
Leroux
, 2012).
identifying the main idea of a text
independent reading of simple texts silently and demonstrating understanding by answering questions orally or in writing
comparing what pupils have read to their own personal experiences or to other things that they have read
making predictions about what will happen next in a text
identifying and describing types of textsSlide8
EFL Literacy Instruction
English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
literacy instruction depends on multiple skills which are in many ways similar to those incorporated in L1 instruction (
Lipka
& Siegel, 2012), including the
Five Pillars
of
literacy.
As
in L1 instruction, providing a strong foundation of the language skills in the early stages of instruction is essential for EFL as well, with an emphasis on reading and writing which are intertwined from these initial stages (
Olshtain
, 2014).Slide9
The Five Pillars in EFL
EFL literacy
instruction
should be based on the
Five Pillars
.
Since
reading requires both bottom-up and top-down skills that must be integrated, the critical lower-order skills
must be taught in parallel to
meaning and comprehension, the higher-order thinking skills, from the beginning of
EFL
instruction and throughout the school years (
Ediger
, 2014;
Grabe
, 2009; Wolf &
Katzir
-Cohen, 2001).Slide10
EFL Specific Literacy Instruction Components
It is important to remember that there are EFL
specific
literacy
topics
including grammar, speaking, listening,
writing and spelling which also need to be incorporated in our literacy programs.
These must be taken into consideration when examining a textbook.Slide11
Do the Textbooks Provide “Five Pillars” Activities?
Let’s look at an example in a widely used textbook:
Click 1, Unit 3, Animals
Examining Textbook CLICK 1 for Literacy Instruction Components.docxSlide12
Percentages of Coverage
The percentages of coverage for the
“
Five Pillars”
in this unit are
:
Phonemic Awareness
-8.77
%
Phonics – 19.29%
Reading Fluency – 0%
Vocabulary – 10.52%
Reading Comprehension – 8.77% Slide13
What Do We Need to Add?
For which of the “Five Pillars” do we need to add activities in our literacy instruction, in your opinion?
Can you suggest additional activities for these pillars?
Here’s an idea for a reading fluency lesson:
The_Fluency_Development_Lesson_Rasinski_2009.docSlide14
Activities: Examining the Textbooks
In pairs
: Choose one of the textbooks commonly used in elementary schools.
Choose one unit to examine.
Fill in the given table to find out
what percentage of
activities in this unit
is devoted
to practicing each of the five pillars.
Share your findings with the other participants.Slide15
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