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Reading, an active search for meaning<br />
Comenius Multilateral Project<br />
Institutions involved:<br />
Thematic Field: Literacy<br />
Zespól szkól w Przeclawiu (Poland), Initiative et Formation Belgique (Belgium),<br />
Association Européenne des Enseignants – Enseignement Libre (Belgium), Lycée<br />
français Notre Dame de Sion (Turkey), Escola Secundaria C/3° Ceb de Afonso de<br />
Albuquerque (Portugal), Liceu Teoretic (Romania), Universitatea din Bucuresti<br />
(Romania), Centre national de formation de l'enseignement technique privé (France)<br />
Coordinating institution:<br />
INFOREF – initiatives pour une formation efficace (Belgium)<br />
Key word: Low achievers in reading, Literacy strategies, Teaching skills<br />
Description:<br />
The project Signes@Sens addresses the problem of weak reading<br />
comprehension. Many young and adults alike have low literacy skills; they can<br />
decipher words and short sentences but are unable to understand the meaning of an<br />
ordinary text on everyday issues. And for longer, more complex texts with implicit<br />
meanings and the use of symbols, the number of people with reading problems<br />
increases considerably, as shown by the PISA surveys.<br />
The Signes@Sens project has collected successful approaches to literacy and has<br />
developed an initial and in-service training module to help teachers improve their<br />
knowledge of what reading actually involves, to better identify the real obstacles to<br />
reading comprehension and to develop teaching practices adapted to overcome<br />
these hurdles. The methodology has been tested with different profiles of learners<br />
(age, socioeconomic background, and certain specific needs) and in different learning<br />
contexts (learning French as mother tongue or foreign language, in the countries of<br />
origin or in a foreign country, etc.).The project website gives access to all its results.<br />
The project contributes to the improvement of reading comprehension for all pupils,<br />
with a particular focus on the weaker pupils. These are the pupils who risk eventual<br />
exclusion from the education system, the labour market, and society in general. The<br />
key competence of "learning to learn" is an essential part of the project’s approach<br />
to reading literacy. It is about helping the learner (young or adult) to become aware of<br />
their mental processes and thus become master of his or her learning.<br />
Duration:<br />
2007-2009<br />
Webpage:<br />
http://www.signesetsens.eu<br />
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