Reading for Language!

Funded Oct 27, 2024

I cannot thank you enough for the huge contribution that you made to my classroom and to our class community. I have always wanted to start a class library in the target language for our students and because of you it has been made possible. While many students complain about reading, it has proven to be a fantastic way to use the target language more and I think the students are starting to see a glimpse of that.

They are recognizing more vocabulary, they are using words and phrases that they've learned from their books, and they are realizing how much of the Spanish language they actually do know and understand. Through the use of these materials, students are finally seeing how much their effort has contributed to their acquisition of Spanish.

Students are able to select any book they would like from the library. We read for 10 minutes on Wednesday and Friday. The only rule that the students have to follow is that when we do 10 minutes of free reading, they are unable to do anything else. They have to save their homework questions and take notes on any words/phrases they don't understand until the time limit has ended. We are finally starting to see the benefits of this reading time and we have you all to thank for that. We are eternally grateful.”

With gratitude,

Prof. Gerondale