Shayela Mian
Temple University, Japan Campus
I am currently an instructor in the Bridge Program at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ). I teach courses in academic writing and reading, primarily. I am interested in research in effective practices for teaching and learning in these areas. Prior to teaching at TUJ, I worked with children and teenagers, teaching them the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Sessions
Reading Communities: Lexical Dimensions
This presentation explores the implications of sociocultural theory for vocabulary instruction. Rooted in the idea that learning occurs through social interaction, sociocultural theory provides a basis for vocabulary instruction that relies on interactions that are more powerful when those interactions lead to the creation of classroom communities. Within a classroom community, teachers and students can interact with each other and with texts such that effective, meaningful learning of vocabulary and comprehension of these texts occur.