{"pk":36028,"title":"Designing an EFL Reading Program to Promote Literacy Skills, Critical Thinking, and Creativity","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This article details the design and implementation of a reading\nprogram in a university EFL setting as a strategy to encourage\ncreativity, critical thinking, collaborative learning, and reading\nfor enjoyment (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001; Richards & Renandya, 2002). This student-centered project challenged ELLs\nto address issues such as bullying, racism, relationships, culture,\nand human rights through reading texts and activities, spanning\na range of language levels from beginners to high-intermediate.\nThe program includes a combination of intensive and extensive\nreading, lower- and higher-order thinking skills, and creative\nlanguage production in the form of reading group discussions,\nposter sessions, and character role-plays. Included are sample lesson plans, reading materials, and activities, which can easily be\nmodified for other language-learning contexts.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Theme Section - Creativity in Language Teaching","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7j4335rn","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Erica","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ferrer","name_suffix":"","institution":"Universidad del Norte, Baranquilla, Colombia","department":""},{"first_name":"Kendra","middle_name":"","last_name":"Staley","name_suffix":"","institution":"Universidad del Norte, Baranquilla, Colombia","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2016-01-01T10:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36028/galley/26880/download/"}]}