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Podcast: Teaching Literacy Podcast
Episode: Episode 11: Beyond Reading Comprehension: Core Academic Language Skills with Dr. Emily Phillips Galloway
Description:
When a student is required to write about a text, what contributes to writing a successful summary? The first answer that may come to your mind is ‘reading comprehension’ did they understand the text the read in the first place? And you would be correct! Reading comprehension matters a whole lot when writing summaries. But what matters beyond reading comprehension. My guest today is here to talk about why Core Academic Skills matter in crafting quality summaries.
Her name is Dr. Emily Phillips Galloway and she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody School of Educat...