Bev Do you mean the use of pragmatics when teaching decoding or when a reader actually is decoding during the reading process? Just when I thought I was getting clearer...the water has muddied again! Jenn
Jennifer Palmer Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the adventure. Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge. It is thinking that makes what we read ours. -John Locke From: Beverlee Paul Sent: Mon 5/19/2008 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Understand] pragmatic system was Lexical system Hi Ellin - So could you elaborate a bit on the use of pragmatics and deep structure in decoding? It seems to me that pragmatics could be wider and deeper than re-experiencing. It seems to me that there's a use for the concept before and during reading as well as after. Thanks. Bev > > I think of the pragmatic system as "re-experiencing" text in order to> > > understand it more deeply. It could be as simple as a rereading or it can> > > take the form of a conversation in a book club, writing through some of > > the> ideas to clarify what you're thinking (basically what I did in writing > > To> Understand) or even capturing key ideas from what you've read through > > art or> drama. The pragmatic system - the opportunity to work through the > > ideas> that you have read - increases the likelihood that we're going to > > retain and> reapply what we've understood. The pragmatic system is the > > application and> a sort of "working through" of ideas that we've learned > > whether we've read> them or learned them in another context. Think of when > > you go to your own> book club and walk away thinking about the book you've > > all read in a very> different way - you understand it better because of > > other's perspectives.> When you plan for how to teach a concept and you > > work to express it in the> clearest, most precise terms so that kids can > > get it, that's you using the> pragmatic system. In both examples, you > > rework what you know in order to> make the ideas clearer. _________________________________________________________________ E-mail for the greater good. Join the i'm Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ GreaterGood _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
