Fluency: Questioning

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Fluency: Questioning

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Generating a list of questions before reading a text engages learners' interest and activates prior knowledge.

These resources are part of KET's Reading Instructional Strategies collection.

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Before beginning a reading, spend some time as a group scanning headings, sub-headings, and illustrations in order to generate questions about the text. Encourage learners to “think out loud” and generate a list of their questions on the board. Questioning helps to activate prior knowledge and encourages learners to become active readers.

In this video, adult education instructor Tanya Johnson models how to ask questions based on the reading. She explains that questioning is a way of “talking” to the text and allowing the text to “talk back.” Johnson challenges learners to demand the text make sense.

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  • How could you use the questioning technique to encourage reading fluency in your classroom?
  • How would you apply the questioning technique to different areas of study?
  • In “Teacher Interview: Using Graphic Organizers,” adult education instructor Tanya Johnson explains how graphic organizers help learners categorize their thinking. What is your experience with graphic organizers? How could you use graphic organizers to teach reading in your classroom? What different forms can graphic organizers take?
  • In the videos “Teacher Interview: Learning as a Lifelong Pursuit” and “Importance of Student Choice,” Tanya Johnson emphasizes the significance of choice in the adult education classroom. Do you agree that choice is an important component of adult learning? Explain. What choices do learners have in your classroom?
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