Compare And Contrast Strategies That Work Goudvis And Harvey

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In Chapter 5 of their book, Strategies that Work, Goudvis and Harvey (2007) summarized the need for books to be well-crafted (p. 64). I connect to that thought, as I am an author myself. However, discovering that perfect book for the class to enjoy as a whole, or trying to find that fabulous book in a foreign language (my content area is Spanish), is very challenging. Finding time to read or review that perfect book just increased the misery threefold. To provide encouragement, Goudvis and Harvey’s introduced the concept of short texts, as opposed to long texts, to allow instruction to focus on specific content, stay within time restraints, yet continue to include reading in the structure of the lesson. Additionally, Goudvis and Harvey