Hard Words

$12.95

The Challenge of Reading and Writing for Caribbean Students and their Teachers

By: S. Joel Warrican

Book fusion

 

SKU: 229 Category:

Description

Throughout the Caribbean, there is concern about the standard of writing among students. This concern is verbalized in numerous reports from the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) on students’ performance in English in their certification examinations. Hard Words offers solutions to this problem by exploring the effects of English-based Creole on students’ writing and by promoting reading as powerful tool that can assist students and teachers in the classroom. 

Existing studies of adolescents’ leisure reading rarely afford the opportunity to observe them engaging with reading material over an extended period. In Hard Words the author uses observations and in-depth interviews to gauge students’ reaction to different reading material, reading-related activities and streaming. This study is unique in its provision of a programme to promote a culture of leisure reading as well as a mechanism for assessing the relationship between reading for pleasure and writing. It also offers insights into students’ thoughts about reading, their preference of reading materials and activities that can be used to encourage them to read more. 

Through the use of figures, tables, samples of students’ writing and useful references, the book provides a valuable source of teaching strategies for Caribbean Students in classrooms both within and outside the Caribbean. 

Additional information

Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 9.75 × 7.5 in
ISBN

978-976-637-206-4

Binding

Paperback

Page Count

132

Publication date

2005

Contents

  1. Introduction 
  2. Languages Issues in the Caribbean 
  3. The Role of Reading in Language and Literacy Development
  4. Exploring the Adolescents’ Reading Interests
  5. Reading in the High Stream
  6. Narratives of the High Stream Students
  7. Reading in the Low Stream
  8. Reading – The Forward 

About the Author

S. Joel Warrican is Teacher Trainer, Caribbean Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training, School of Education at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. His major area of interest is language and literacy.

keyboard_arrow_up