The Missouri Reader Vol. 37, Issue 2

Figure 2. Literacy materials used by ESOL teachers. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 92% 87% 86% 78% 70% 69% 62% 57% 56% 55% 52% 49% 48% 42% 43% 39% 35% 34% 31% 26% 23% 14% 13% 12% Leveled reading books Non-fiction books/texts Websites Literaturevarious genres Dictionaries Poetry Journals, diaries Student-made books Magazines Figure 3. Reading strategies used by ESOL teachers. Read-aloud by teacher 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 96% 91% 86%84% 77% 75% 68% 64% 52% 49% 42% Read-aloud by student Independent reading Shared reading Buddy reading KWL Chart (Know-Want to Know-Learned Choral reading Storytelling Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) Readers' theater Language Experience Approach (LEA) Only four out of 14 writing strategies were used consistently by about half of the teachers: literature response journals (61%), writing workshops (60%), peer editing groups (48%), and dialogue journals (48%). See Figure 4.

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