Keywords
ELL students, reading culture, teaching methods, ELL teaching, English language learner
Submission Type
Research
Preview
For me, moving to California from St. Petersburg, Russia, was an exciting thrill beyond belief. Everything looked just like in the American movies I watched growing up: the quiet suburbs, pizza delivery, and the smiling public. The schools were colorful, the playgrounds weren’t broken, and the teachers called you by your first name, not your last. Yet, there were certain cultural aspects that clashed with this new American society that I was in. I made friends on the playground, but always felt outside of the loop. For some reason, my clever Russian jokes sounded idiotic and weird when translated to English. Additionally, many American idiom and cultural phrases in the instructional text made no sense to me. This blocked my full understanding of reading.
Recommended Citation
Ogden, Mariya
(2011)
"Stop the Coughin': Immersing ELL Students into the Reading Culture,"
The Utah English Journal: Vol. 39, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/uej/vol39/iss1/4