Multi-genre beginnings

So far I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I'm suppose to be doing. I will write down what I'm thinking in this post and maybe it will all make a little more sense to me.

First, here is my initial question, "What are the cultural problems in learning to read in a second language?" I also have a couple of related questions:

1. When learning to read English, what are the most difficult cultural problems that most ELLs experience?

2. What are the strategies that ELLs can use to navigate through material that is culturally different?

TENATIVE POINT

Learning to read in a different language is very difficult in and of itself, but to add in the cultural meanings behind the words and contexts makes it all the more difficult for ELLs. I will seek to show the difficulties of learning to read in a L2 and the ways that ELLs can navigate through material that is culturally different by using an assortment of different written materials.

Second, I will choose different genres to address this topic, but as of now, I still need to complete my research in order to fully understand what I would like to convey through the various genres.

Until then....