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Transactional Reading

Transactional Reading. By: Ashley Robertson Shari Sterling Vanessa Rork. About Transactional Reading. The idea of Transactional Reading came from Lousie Rosenblatt. It came about in 1978. Ideal for 4 th -12 th grades however the idea may also used at the college level. .

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Transactional Reading

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  1. Transactional Reading By: Ashley Robertson Shari Sterling Vanessa Rork

  2. About Transactional Reading • The idea of Transactional Reading came from Lousie Rosenblatt. • It came about in 1978. • Ideal for 4th-12th grades however the idea may also used at the college level.

  3. What is transactional reading? • Transactional reading is the idea that there is a reciprocal, mutually defining relationship between the students and the literary text. • “Transactional theory proposes that the relationship between reader and text is much like that between the river and its banks, each working its effects upon the other, each contributing to the shape of the literature.” http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-926/theory.htm

  4. How does transactional reading work? • Rosenblatt states “The text is simply ink on paper until a reader comes along.” • Symbolic functioning can happen only in the reader's mind. It does not take place on the page, in the text, but in the act of reading. • the words begin to function symbolically, evoking, in the transaction, images, emotions, and concepts.

  5. How to incorporate transactional reading within a classroom? • You incorporate transactional reading through a journal. • Transactional Reading, when used in the classroom allows the students to bring in their own personal experiences while relating them to the literature that they are reading.

  6. Principles for Instruction • 1. Invite response. Make clear to students that their responses, emotional and intellectual, are valid starting points for discussion and writing. • 2. Give ideas time to crystallize. Encourage students to reflect upon their responses, preferably before hearing others. • 3. Find points of contact among students. Help them to see the potential for communication among their different points of view. • 4. Open up the discussion to the topics of self, text, and others. The literary experience should be an opportunity to learn about all three. • 5. Let the discussion build. Students should feel free to change their minds, seeking insight rather than victory. • 6. Look back to other texts, other discussions, other experiences. Students should connect the reading with other experiences. • 7. Look for the next step. What might they read next? About what might they write? http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-926/theory.htm

  7. A conducted study • An experimental study showed that In comparison to non-TSI (transactional strategies instruction) students, the TSI students: • learned more about strategic processing and used strategies on their own more frequently during the reading of a challenging story • acquired more information from the stories they read and developed a richer, more personalized understanding of the stories • showed greater gains on standardized comprehension and word study skills tests. • Thus, there were multiple indicators that students' reading performance benefited from a year of transactional strategies instruction. Brown, Rachel, El-Dinary, Pamela Beard, Pressley, Michael, Coy-Ogan, Lynne. The Reading Teacher. Newark: Nov 1995. Vol. 49, Iss. 3; pg. 256, 3 pgs

  8. Overview of Transactional Reading • Step 1: the students are assigned a reading or is read to. • Step 2: the students are allowed some time for the information to set in, classroom discussion might be administered at this time. • Step 3: the students are provided with a writing prompt. • Step 4: the students are given time to write in their journal. • Step 5: after the students have had time to complete their journal entries they may have time to share their experiences if they choose to do so.

  9. References: • Brown, Rachel, El-Dinary, Pamela Beard, Pressley, Michael, Coy-Ogan, Lynne. The Reading Teacher. Newark: Nov 1995. Vol. 49, Iss. 3; pg. 256, 3 pgs • Probst, R.E (1987). Transactional Theory in the Teaching of Literature. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from Transactional Theory in the Teaching of Literature Web site: http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-926/theory.htm • http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/transactionalreadingjournal.htm

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