Improving Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills of Secondary-Level Students from Diverse Backgrounds

ABSTRACT

Secondary-level students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds who struggle with reading need strategies for aligning new information with their previous knowledge as well as for obtaining and retaining essential information from the text. Important components of all secondary literacy support must include instruction in word identification, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

KEYWORDS:

• comprehension skills
• culturally and linguistically diverse students
• vocabulary
• word identification

Acknowledgments

Bob Algozzine, Column Editor

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Notes

1. For more information, visit the Neighborhood Story Project Web site at http://www.neighborhoodstoryproject.org.

2. For more information, visit http://www.wikispaces.com to create free wikis for classroom use.