Educational Terms in Everyday Language Ever wondered what educators mean when they refer to "authentic assessment" or "Bloom's Taxonomy"? Education, like all...
I am back on the lisserv, invited back by Rob. In order to reduce the amount of unwanted e mail on the internet, I will no longer post my letters to the editor...
Yea! I am glad you are back. Strange, I looked up Ron Sheen and Johanna Haver on the internet and will remember them forever! I think they thoroughly...
Associated Press Jan. 5, 2004 12:00 AM SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean mothers know few bounds in trying to give their kids a leg up in speaking English....
Dear Stephen Welcome back, especially given the modest tone of your first posting. I don't necessarily accept everything you say; don't enjoy prolonged ...
Clive Lovelock
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Jan 7, 2004 3:45 am
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... SK: I don't either. They are hypotheses. ... SK: Believe it or not, neither do I. ... SK: Common sense, yes, I hope so. "dressed up" suggests I have...
"The good thing about the whole situation is that I started doing more research and intensified my understanding of second language acquisition." Actually the...
This is for anyone living in the Tokyo area in Japan. George Jacobs is giving a comprehensive weekend course on Extensive Reading at Temple University, Tokyo...
Julian Bamford
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Jan 15, 2004 8:21 am
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I saw an ad about Eigo Kenkyu this month featuring in tadoku in today's Asahi-shinbun. midori in Nagoya...
mrsiwano@...
Jan 15, 2004 9:19 am
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Dear all, I have recently setup a new ER program in a private school in Caracas, Venezuela. The project includes primary as well secondary education children...
Is there any chance of having your college frosh talk to the pre-college teens? I've had positive results with jr. & sr. high school girls in Japan as well as...
Juan, My ER students are mostly Japanese high school and university students. Most of them, including junior high students, show favorable attitudes in ER....
Atsuko Takase
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Jan 16, 2004 4:27 am
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Ron Sheen asked me to post this. Its aim is to discuss the peer bling review system in applied linguistics and language teaching. R ... Would you mind posting...
Hi ...I have just noticed what an extensive library is also ... .A well graded one is a fluency training resource ... ,provided unlimited cutting edge...
On Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004, at 09:30 Japan, ... I think it sounds like a good idea, actually. Perhaps it could eventually serve a mentoring function, as the...
There's talk of reading on another list I belong to ('dogme'), and how different the reading in exams like TOEFL and IELTS is from ordinary acts of reading....
Julian Bamford
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Jan 23, 2004 7:12 am
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I thought some of yu might be interstest in reading this article (link below). I thought it was a nicely written account of the many factors which work against...
Hi all, First, Gordon Luster pointed out to me that I had made a type error when I sent out my call for presenter for this year's extensive reading forum at ...
Hi Mathew, ... I do agree. I found that my high school students last year read twice as much as the amount of English the former students from the past three...
Atsuko Takase
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Jan 24, 2004 9:13 am
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Hello Mathew & Atsuko I "third" that. After an oral warm-up (pairs chatting in English about whatever interests them, followed by each one telling the other...
Clive Lovelock
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Jan 24, 2004 9:51 am
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I don't know, I used to that, but thought that reading was the one thing kids could do on their own. They still need lots of listening and interaction, so ...
Hi Rube, ... Some students can read on their own outside of class, but there are always some students who hardly try to read at home with various reasons. ...
Atsuko Takase
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Jan 24, 2004 3:09 pm
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Hi all, The first ever High School ER program was launched this term in prestigious private High School in Caracas Venezuela. Research and a 3-days seminar for...
Congratulations! I hope the program is a success. ... Brett Reynolds English Language Centre Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Toronto,...
Hi all, Julian (Bamford, in case there are more than a few Julian's on this list) was kind enough to suggest that I post what I'm submitting to JALT on this ...
Hi all, Again, my apologies for posting specifically in relation to the JALT ER FORUM. And again, I'll be grateful for any and all feeback. Below is the ...
Sounds like a model project. I wish I were involved. Please keep us updated as the project proceeds. I, and probably others, would be interested to know how...
Hi Rory and all, There lots of things to be done. In terms of research I simply cannot do everything I want but probably some form of collaboration can be...
Hello Juan Belated congratulations from me, too. I can't imagine what efforts you had to make to achieve this, I only know that I'm pretty lucky to be in a...
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