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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

reading strategies, reading instruction, reading aloud, Diary of Anne Frank

College

Humanities

Department

English

Abstract

Struggling readers have often developed learning strategies, but not strategies that help them become better readers. Consider, a student who is checked out every day before English to avoid the discomfort of reading aloud, a student who gets up every few minutes to sharpen pencils to avoid a difficult task, a student who knows how to look busy in ways that disguise a lack of comprehension. In contrast to these strategies, reading strategies can empower students to succeed, not merely avoid reading. This study examined three reading strategies within the context of a reader’s theatre focused on the drama, The Diary of Anne Frank.

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