Mr. Lovelock, I have been trying to contact you for some time...nothing seems to work. Please email me privately. Please excuse me (everyone) for attempting...
Rob and everyone, I have the feeling the ER "Movement" is growing in many parts of the world and hence I perceived a need for the unknown practitioners to have...
Hi all Juan, I think what is becoming clearer to me is that ER is a 'hot potato' in both L1 and L2. There does not seem to be a definitive way to 'do it'! Of...
Wendy, Good point on Getting the reading level right for both L1 and L2 learners seems to be the key and then providing access to lots of text within those...
JPL
jploucky@...
Jul 27, 2004 2:24 pm
2009
Wendy & JPL Hello from Osaka, with temperatures hovering just below 40 and 90% + humidity. At the risk of seeming repetitive, I'd like to repeat what I (seem...
Clive Lovelock
lovelock@...
Jul 28, 2004 1:58 am
2010
... I think 'level' is a property of the interaction between a learner, the task and the text not just of the text itself. Therefore the appropriate reading...
Hi all Clive, great OK I do keep running records, obviously not possible to transcribe all the texts but I keep tick markers and divide errors by number of...
Hi all Apologies in advance for cross-posting but we're just having the same discussion on the young learners e-discussion group! Rob, to get the 'right'...
Level in ER To follow Rob, library reading i -1, class reading i+1. David Hill ... From: Rob Waring To: ExtensiveReading@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July...
EPER Enquiries
Eper.Enquiries@...
Jul 28, 2004 10:29 am
2015
I agree with the previous points. Another variable to factor in is motivation which interacts with personality. If people are highly motivated to read a...
I certainly agree that multiple readings are useful. Not just because points are picked up that were missed on the first reading but more importantly the...
EPER Enquiries
Eper.Enquiries@...
Jul 28, 2004 11:31 am
2017
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Hi Juan and all, I think an ER journal is a VERY good idea. It will certainly help the field. We'd have to first decide whether the Journal would be aimed at ...
I agree that it should be for practitioners at classroom and department level and concentrate on techniques of promoting and delivering ER but should also...
EPER Enquiries
Eper.Enquiries@...
Jul 29, 2004 9:58 am
2022
Good day! You may be familiar with the illustrated classics. The following series of classics are excellent tools to encourage extensive reading. These...
I agree with both of you. I had in mind something like Tesol Journal. And Rob you are quite right. The flow of articles is a headache but we can work something...
Not that I know of. But there's plenty of material in different journals, magazines and webpages. Best Regards, Juan ... potato' in both L1 and L2. There does...
I thought the following announcement might be of interest to the list. As someone wrote here before, The Extensive Reading Foundation (ERF) ...
Julian Bamford
bamford@...
Aug 2, 2004 2:54 am
2026
Hi everyone, I am a student. This is the first time I join the extensive discussion group. I would like to learn more on the kind of reading skills teachers...
Hi On Kei, Welcome to this list. You asked two questions. I don't really understand your first one, "I would like to learn more on the kind of reading skills...
Julian Bamford
bamford@...
Aug 9, 2004 4:36 am
2028
My small ER group is underperforming and before I make changes I'd appreciate any advice. I started an ER group at a small private English school in Japan. Two...
... contribution can get the conversation going again. The conversation may be suffering from summer (winter in Australia) vacation doldrums. ... club that I...
Julian Bamford
bamford@...
Aug 11, 2004 2:10 am
2030
Dear Julian, Thank you very much for your help. Sorry for not making my question one clear. Actually, I have done some readings on the teaching of extensive...
Hi Mike, I am a student. I don't have much experience on the teaching of extensive reading, but I do want to express my view on this issue. I think you may...
On Kei wrote: "Some books suggest the teaching of some reading skills to EFL students, such as previewing, predicting, guessing unknown words, interacting and...
Julian Bamford
bamford@...
Aug 12, 2004 6:41 am
2033
Hi out there, Thanks Julian for the suggestion about the reading marathon. This is only my second year teaching a class devoted to reading. The first year I...
It is very important that students learn reading strategies at the independent reading level, not the instructional level. Doesn't mean that you can't teach...
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