I have never used SRA with my students, but I really enjoyed using it as a child in Canada. I don't doubt others did too and, as with any learning aid, in...
Hi Clive and all. Thanks for the time to respond. See my comments ***** below. Best Wishes, Juan ... you ... be in ... more ... But ... here -> ... ***** I...
... Sorry, I didn't intend to imply that our university subscribes to a belief in emphasizing just reading. We teach five skills (including non-verbal). What I...
Clive Lovelock
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Feb 3, 2004 7:58 am
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Dear all, Two of the teachers who are teaching ER in the Colegio Emil Friedman extensive reading program (CEF-ER) came up with the idea of reading short...
Having lurked and learnt a lot on this list it's time to contribute. First of all there's a must-read article in the March 2004 edition of Applied Linguistics...
Education Week American Education's Newspaper of Record February 4, 2004 Study Gives Advantage To Bilingual Education Over Focus on English By Mary Ann Zehr ...
Has anyone experiemented with having students keep vocab. cards for word they learn when doing ER? I don't want to slow my students down by having them worry...
... I don't have any advice personally, but Anthony Silva wrote up a vocabulary card activity* for the 'Extensive Reading Activities for Teaching Language' ...
Julian Bamford
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Feb 10, 2004 7:44 am
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Hi I discuss a method of doing this and a rationale for it on my website. I think I've posted it before, but here it is again. ...
I have no experience asking students to do it, but I certainly did and would in the future. I think it would be good for them to have small stickies ready to...
Marc, I have't asked the Ss to use word cards before, as I've only become aware of this strategy within the last year, (along with ER, for that matter, thanks...
Hello everyone, I am doing a study about online extensive reading or doing extensive reading through the Interent. I want to look at the attitudes and beliefs...
Marc, Tracy and others, I have always combined ER and vocabulary study and hope that this (rather long) summary of my approach will be of use to some of you. ...
About vocab cards. Professor Nation has talked about vocab cards in his classes. One side Englihs and the other side Japanese. Rigfht now I am in Austria...
Mason Beniko
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Feb 13, 2004 12:47 pm
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Dear Rory, Thank you for sharing what you do with your Ss regarding vocab. It's given me a lot to think about. I'm going to go back and look at your JALT 03 ...
Tracy writes: "[in terms of comparative word counts] the EPER system seems way ... By all means devise your own system if you think it would be an improvement,...
Julian Bamford
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Feb 14, 2004 4:32 am
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Hi Rory, I'm very interested in everything that you and others have been writing here as I've been working independently on vocabulary development for some...
Thanks Julian, that's a very good point regarding readability. There are a lot of elements other than headwords. (I did put together a chart based on number of...
Hi everyone, 1. Like most of you who have been contibuting to this thread I have benn concerned with the relationship between vocab and reading and yes I have...
Dear Tracy Predictably, Julian has given you most of the information you asked for, but why not also approach the horse's mouth (from this distance you won't...
Clive Lovelock
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Feb 16, 2004 7:12 am
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Dear Juan, Rory & Beniko Just for the record, I've never had much success with vocabulary index cards - possibly because I have a strong dislike of...
Clive Lovelock
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Feb 16, 2004 7:29 am
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Am neither on holiday nor asleep not hunting if you recognise the Elijah's jibes on Mout Carmel! Yes, Julian has said very much what I would say in reply....
David R. Hill
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Feb 16, 2004 1:15 pm
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Dear David, **Thank you for your posting. The reasons why books are assigned their EPER levels is much clearer to me now. Best, Tracy, KGU, Osaka, Japan Yes,...
February 18, 2004 Schools Seek Private Firms to Teach Foreign Tongues By PATRICIA R. OLSEN At the Atlantis Preparatory School in Manasquan, N.J., it's just...
Hi Rory - many thanks for the interesting material that you sent, you're obviously helping your students to realise the importance of the difference between...
Atrocities American Students: More Literate Than You Think Note: Gerald W. Bracey wrote this in a response to a recent op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle by...
Hi all Sorry for the local slant of this but, we have over 20 members in the Osaka area. For those of us in the Osaka area, Japan, or those who missed the ...
Good to see what's out there in the world. Lynn Hi all Sorry for the local slant of this but, we have over 20 members in the Osaka area. For those of us in...
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