Hello Juan/everybody, I think I would add a couple of things that I have been wondering about: 1) In "extensive" reading, is it important that the reading be...
This reinterates Gordon's point 2 1) ER and L2 pidgin-ization - ER is a fluency targetted approach and as with all such approaches, there is a danger of some ...
About my last blank message: It was a mistake. I was only trying to get Jim's e-mail address from his last message, and my finger slipped and sent it off to...
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Last July there was some talk on this list about the idea of doing a colloquium or something at the TESOL meeting in San Antonio (March 30 - April 2, 2005)....
Hi all, Yes, things are going well. Neil Anderson of BYU and I are organizing an Academic Session under the auspices of the Intensive English Programs special...
Dear Gordon and all, First of all, I am sorry for the delay. Thanks for contributing to the list of 20. I will rewrite it to include your themes or rewrite ...
Dear Rob, I have just posted a thing that may collide with this one. I just hope it doesn't. Best wishes, Juan I If a group presentation or colloquium is being...
Dear Tim, I apologize I had not been able to respond. You and Gordon make a good point with respect to simplification. No doubt, your discussion helps to...
Hi, everyone. It's me again. This could be posting number 1790. A big number which speaks loud and clearly of the success of this list, its owner/moderator and...
Hi, I got this message from a colleague: I was wondering if you knew of any "tool" to help students read in chunks or increase their reading speed. Perhaps...
Dear Colleagues One of my colleagues and I are conducting a study to compare the impact of contexualized vocabulary learning through graded readers to that of ...
The only software I know of that does this is the reading modules in some of the courses in the ALC Net Academy series, ultra-expensive, server-based,...
Marc, Here's a few resources that might help. Only what is gained by searching google with keywords: software reading chunking 1 Clarity have something but...
I don't know of any software but if I look at my materials at school, I have strategies for chunking. Is that something you'd be interested in? Lynn...
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We are an academic research group of National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology in TAIWAN. To do research of knowledge management in...
Hello all, An update. Just to fill everyone in. I'm writing about TESOL 2005. Neil Anderson and I (with the ex-chair of the TESOL IEP SIG Christine Tiernney)...
Numbers from 95-99% are commonly cited as the minimum amount of vocabulary that readers need to know to read extensively. Can somebody remind me what we mean...
The use of the term "learn" is deceptively used in many vocab studies to mean a shallow form of meaning recognition. In studies which have addressed the...
Measuring Following on from Rory's posting it would be worth looking at Norbert Schmitt's excellent chapter on Assessing vocabulary knowledge in his book ...
I believe I understand the various surrounding depth of vocabulary knowledge. My question was in particular with regards to the "need to know 95-99%" claim....
Dear Rob, On this list last year you suggested an organized ER push in SA in 2005, and here you've gone and made possible the beginnings of just that. Bravo! ...
Comprehend may be the better word than know, but reading research does state that 95% - 99% is accurate for text comprehension. 99% is closer for independent...
Hi Brett, ... You ask a good question. Know? Comprehend? Understand? (Learned? Familiarity?) In "Learning Vocabulary in Another Language," I.S.P. Nation...
Tim Takemoto kindly drew my attention to the dreaded 404 message suddenly appearing on my site at the end of last week. This was due to an ill-advised attempt...
I'll be there. Just tell me how I can be of service to ER. Greetings, Juan ... Christine ... the ... Academic ... Anne ... join ... which ... these ... and ......
One quick word on the percentage you mention. It may be excessive and must take into consideration student's L1 (Spanish is a cognate language for instance and...
Hi, I've just recently come across an interesting and innovative free site at ... http://www.languageguide.org/english/ ... and in case you haven't heard about...
Quite honestly the numbers are really for native speakers of English. I don't think there are percentages for second language speakers, but when I do an...
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