Text-to-World Connection
Text-to-World Connection
Text-to-World Connection
to a reading situation. We all have ideas about how the world works that
goes far beyond our own personal experiences. They no longer connect
with only personal information or experiences. Media such as television,
Internet, or movies, is a great way to introduce text-to- world. Most
students will have knowledge of similar media that will allow the
teacher to connect with the real world. Often it is the text-to-world
connections that teachers are trying to enhance when they teach lessons
in science, social studies, and literature. They are links between ideas in
a text and other domains of knowledge.