EDUC 231 Final, Fall 2005

American University of Beirut Faculty of Arts & Sciences Education Department EDUC 231-2 / Teaching Reading in the Elementary School Dr. Fahmi Banafa Final Exam Monday-January 23, 2006 Answer the following two questions: 1) Having read your course pr oject, discuss the weakness and strength of the project you have done for EDUC 231-2, be precise? (10) 2) What will be your response to a colleague who believes that technology is NOT motivational to teaching reading in elementary schools? Why? How? Give examples? (10) Extra points (select only one) 3) colleague and convince him/her that it is helpful in teaching vocabulary? Use webs and maps in your discussion? (5) 4) Based on readings and discussions in EDUC 231-2, how do you understand teaching vocabulary skills to elementary school students? (5) Select eight questions from the following: 5) teachers must have a clear understanding of (5) 6) As an elementary teacher, how will you integrate personalization (when a story reflects things that are familiar in a child's personal life) in your reading class? (5) 7) Why is vocabulary significant for reading in elementary schools? (5) 8) What should you do if some of your students are not benefiting from the reading program you are teaching? How? (5) 9) Are words identified through meaning or through phonology (the science of speech sounds)? Why? (5) 10) Is word recognition top-down (dependent on context) or bottom-up (stimulus- driven)? How? Give examples? (5) 11) What are the factors that affect students learning reading skills? (5) 12) How would you use your past experience, as an elementary student, to improve vocabulary skills of your elementary school students? (5) 13) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the dictionary in developing vocabulary in your elementary school class? (5) 14) How would you integrate technology into your reading class? Discuss the tool(s) you prefer to use? (5) 15) Select one word recognition strategy to integrate in your reading class. Why? (5)