Scaffolded silent reading with graded readers: teacher-guided book selection, accountability conferences, reading logs, and journals in a set silent-reading block

Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The pattern adapts Reutzel et al.'s scaffolded silent reading for adult ESL: unlike sustained silent reading, "The teacher plays a more active role." In this study the teacher "assisted the participants in selecting graded readers, monitored their progress, and provided them with feedback," while participants kept a reading log and wrote three journal entries for accountability. Students read graded readers in a 20-minute class block with the goal of finishing and selecting a new book weekly, while the teacher conferenced individually and modeled silent reading himself.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A supply of graded readers at students' independent reading levels across varied topics and genres
• A set block of class time for silent reading with individual teacher-student conferences
• Accountability structures such as a reading log and journal entries

Constraints

• ScSR had mainly been used with native-English-speaking elementary students before this study; adult ESL response was the present study's question

Target Learners

• adult intermediate-level ESL students at a community college

Learning Goals

• receptive vocabulary growth
• reading comprehension
• positive attitude toward L2 reading

Claims

• Positive Attitudes Graded Readers Scsr [+M]
• Graded Readers Percent Correct Vocabulary Gains [+M]

Related Designs

• Mastery Learning

Examples

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Key Sources

• Liza E. Martinez. (2017). Adult Hispanic ESL Students and Graded Readers. The CATESOL Journal, 29(2). https://www.catesol.org

Page metadata

Field	Value
type	design
id	scsr-graded-readers-adult-esl-pattern
title	Scaffolded silent reading with graded readers: teacher-guided book selection, accountability conferences, reading logs, and journals in a set silent-reading block
description	The pattern adapts Reutzel et al.'s scaffolded silent reading for adult ESL: unlike sustained silent reading, "The teacher plays a more active role." In this study the teacher "assisted the participants in selecting g...
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-03
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sources	1 — liza-e-martinez-2017

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