Dear David Tracy's query and your response reminded mean that I've been meaning to ask you something for some time now, but only seemed to remember when I was...
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David R. Hill
Eper.Enquiries@...
Mar 1, 2004 10:45 am
Dear Clive I found that Scholastic books written for the 9-12 age group of NS worked quite well for the Hong Kong junior secondary children from Level B up. I...
1723
turtletina04
Mar 1, 2004 12:06 pm
Hello everyone, This is my first posting on the board; however, I have been reading without contributing to it off and on for some time. I am interested in...
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Timothy TAKEMOTO
takemototim
Mar 1, 2004 12:32 pm
I am an educator at a Japanese unviersity. Thomas Robb is too. As is the list's moderator, as you know. I don't know of any surveys but the SSS group would...
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David Moran
dp_moran
Mar 2, 2004 3:29 am
Tina, I was thinking that the publishers of GR materials might have some information for you as they are the ones selling and supplying the materials. They...
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Clive Lovelock
lovelock@...
Mar 3, 2004 3:55 am
Hello Timothy I'm sure you're right that there are plenty of students who'd welcome on-line reading resources, but I suspect there are also plenty who are ...
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Timothy TAKEMOTO
takemototim
Mar 3, 2004 4:42 am
Dear Clive, I was not suggesting that students actually read from their monitors, although I would envisage that they would browser in that way. As I see it,...
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David Moran
dp_moran
Mar 3, 2004 5:04 am
Timothy, I totally agree with you I buy 80% of my books in Microsoft Reader format for reading on my pda or occasionally my laptop. It is cheaper than a...
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Clive Lovelock
lovelock@...
Mar 3, 2004 9:42 am
Dear David Thank you for your reply. Either I didn't express myself clearly or you need to read my message more intensively! My request is for help in grading...
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David R. Hill
Eper.Enquiries@...
Mar 3, 2004 12:26 pm
Clive, I see what you are after. But what sort of books are you trying to assign to levels A or X? In Malaysia we developed a three-stage level U for adudlt...
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Timothy TAKEMOTO
takemototim
Mar 3, 2004 12:41 pm
Apparently there is software for Mac computers at least that automatically calculates reading level. How good is this? http://eigodaigaku.com Tel Work 083 933...
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David R. Hill
Eper.Enquiries@...
Mar 3, 2004 1:20 pm
I do not know. It will grade text rather than readability of a book which involves criteria such as length, aspects of content and pagelayout. David Hill ......
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Juan Pino Silva
educaonline2
Mar 3, 2004 1:54 pm
Timothy, I too am an advocate of short magazine and newspaper articles. I write from Venezuela and to buy books in this part of the world is expensive though...
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Rory Rosszell
rosszell
Mar 4, 2004 3:07 am
Given that many students struggle with the language in NS magazines, which magazines do you recommend for them? When they bring in an article with 50 L1...
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Timothy Takemoto
takemototim
Mar 4, 2004 3:21 am
Dear Juan, (And to Roy, who just now beat me to it) It was partly due to your post on this list (which I read in the archives) that prompted me to seek online...
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Timothy Takemoto
takemototim
Mar 4, 2004 3:49 am
Sorry I got your name wrong Rory Rory wrote ... One idea might be to set up a "rewriters collective"? I think that there may be quite a few magazines, at least...
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Timothy Takemoto
takemototim
Mar 5, 2004 12:49 am
No-takers for the Re-writers collective yet, but I see that we have at least one Re-writer on the list (you know who you are!), and here is a lady that is...
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Rob Waring
wprjrj
Mar 5, 2004 12:51 am
My 2 cents I have been doing something that the students really love (how about THAT for a change!!!). I'm trying to bridge the gap between native and...
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James Swan
swan1946
Mar 5, 2004 1:16 am
On Friday, Mar 5, 2004, at 03:25 Japan, ... If you have never checked out "Highlights for Children," I strongly urge you to. Unlike many childrens' magazines,...
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James Swan
swan1946
Mar 5, 2004 1:20 am
On Friday, Mar 5, 2004, at 03:25 Japan, ... This is a truly outstanding idea. I personally have found rewriting to be a lot more difficult that it would first...
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Juan Pino Silva
educaonline2
Mar 5, 2004 3:06 am
Hi Rory, I have used DISCOVER (www.discover.com), PEOPLE, NEWSWEEK, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, SCIENCE, PC WORLD, ROLLING STONES, BIKING, etc. All of them written...
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Clive Lovelock
lovelock@...
Mar 5, 2004 3:12 am
Rob You're a genius. I like your "2 cents" very much. Must try it. Having buttered you up, I also have to say that I vehemently disapprove of doctoring...
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Juan Pino Silva
educaonline2
Mar 5, 2004 4:21 am
There you have it. If books work for you, why change? If you don't think magazine articles are a good choice, why bother? I would like however, to make a point...
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Juan Pino Silva
educaonline2
Mar 5, 2004 4:24 am
And Tim, I forgot to thank you for your kind opening words. Thanks, Juan ... most ... vocabularly, ... focus, ... probably ... more ... written ... ...
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Juan Pino Silva
educaonline2
Mar 5, 2004 4:49 am
Rob, Rob, I too enjoyed reading your posting. It's the learners who can tell us how interesting or difficult a text can be. As reading teachers we have the...
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Timothy Takemoto
takemototim
Mar 5, 2004 5:37 am
Dear Rob is there any chance of sharing your students works, ideally in a corrected form? Juan - I did not realise your materials had been re-written. That...
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Rob Waring
wprjrj
Mar 5, 2004 6:48 am
Hi all ... You're a genius. I know I know!!! And so modest too. (joke!) Thanks for the nice words. Has anyone else done something similar to this? ... So...
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Rob Waring
wprjrj
Mar 5, 2004 6:51 am
... Hmm, I guess so but only as photocopies because the students wrote on the papers themselves. I guess I COULD put some up online as jpgs, but then browsing...
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Clive Lovelock
lovelock@...
Mar 5, 2004 7:51 am
David We seem to have been writing at cross-purposes. I assumed you knew my students are university students, so I didn't mention it, but the mention of books...
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EPER Enquiries
Eper.Enquiries@...
Mar 5, 2004 2:33 pm
Clive My prejudice against using such books as you list in a language learning programme means that I have never graded them or tried to put them into an er...
