Provision of out of School Reading Services in the Community: The Case of University of Education Winneba Reading Resource Center

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Autori principali: Mensah, Anthony Kofi, Ruffin, Tiece, Mensah, Florence Akua
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author Mensah, Anthony Kofi
Ruffin, Tiece
Mensah, Florence Akua
author_facet Mensah, Anthony Kofi
Ruffin, Tiece
Mensah, Florence Akua
Mensah, Anthony Kofi
Ruffin, Tiece
Mensah, Florence Akua
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contents Provision of out of School Reading Services in the Community: The Case of University of Education Winneba Reading Resource Center Mensah, Anthony Kofi Ruffin, Tiece Mensah, Florence Akua Foreign Countries Reading Centers Second Language Learning Elementary School Students Community Education Schools of Education Reading Fluency Word Recognition Reading Difficulties Service Learning After School Programs English (Second Language) Reading Programs Preservice Teacher Education In second-language reading (L2), the amount of opportunity to practice the second language is vital to reading proficiency. Also, research informs us that pupils' performance in reading is enhanced to a great extent by the amount of reading they do out of school. The amount of reading pupils engage in outside of school also tends to positively impact on their achievement in reading. The Special Education Reading Resource Centre and Library at the University of Education, Winneba, has provided out of school second-language reading services in the community to Primary school children in Winneba since 2006. This article presents a phenomenological case study on the model and strategies used to provide opportunities to enhance fluency and word recognition ability of struggling second language readers at the Reading Resource Center at University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. The study revealed that the out of school reading experience, as part of service-learning initiative, impacted positively on the reading proficiency levels of the pupils and their overall academic performance. Implications of the findings for service provision to the pupils, community and teacher education are highlighted.
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spellingShingle Provision of out of School Reading Services in the Community: The Case of University of Education Winneba Reading Resource Center
Mensah, Anthony Kofi
Ruffin, Tiece
Mensah, Florence Akua
Foreign Countries
Reading Centers
Second Language Learning
Elementary School Students
Community Education
Schools of Education
Reading Fluency
Word Recognition
Reading Difficulties
Service Learning
After School Programs
English (Second Language)
Reading Programs
Preservice Teacher Education
Provision of out of School Reading Services in the Community: The Case of University of Education Winneba Reading Resource Center Mensah, Anthony Kofi Ruffin, Tiece Mensah, Florence Akua Foreign Countries Reading Centers Second Language Learning Elementary School Students Community Education Schools of Education Reading Fluency Word Recognition Reading Difficulties Service Learning After School Programs English (Second Language) Reading Programs Preservice Teacher Education In second-language reading (L2), the amount of opportunity to practice the second language is vital to reading proficiency. Also, research informs us that pupils' performance in reading is enhanced to a great extent by the amount of reading they do out of school. The amount of reading pupils engage in outside of school also tends to positively impact on their achievement in reading. The Special Education Reading Resource Centre and Library at the University of Education, Winneba, has provided out of school second-language reading services in the community to Primary school children in Winneba since 2006. This article presents a phenomenological case study on the model and strategies used to provide opportunities to enhance fluency and word recognition ability of struggling second language readers at the Reading Resource Center at University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. The study revealed that the out of school reading experience, as part of service-learning initiative, impacted positively on the reading proficiency levels of the pupils and their overall academic performance. Implications of the findings for service provision to the pupils, community and teacher education are highlighted.
title Provision of out of School Reading Services in the Community: The Case of University of Education Winneba Reading Resource Center
topic Foreign Countries
Reading Centers
Second Language Learning
Elementary School Students
Community Education
Schools of Education
Reading Fluency
Word Recognition
Reading Difficulties
Service Learning
After School Programs
English (Second Language)
Reading Programs
Preservice Teacher Education
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1191348