I thought the following announcement might be of interest to the list. As someone wrote here before, The Extensive Reading Foundation (ERF) ...
Julian Bamford
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Aug 2, 2004 2:54 am
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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
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Aug 9, 2004 4:36 am
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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
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Aug 11, 2004 2:10 am
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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
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Aug 12, 2004 6:41 am
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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...
Julian, I have wanted a copy of your new activities book ever since Dr. Day mentioned it at a lecture I attended in Korea, about 2 years ago! I checked with...
Mr. Bamford, Mr Nelson is not the only one. After reading "ER in the L2 classroom" I eagerly awaited the advertised release date of "ER Activities" (April at...
Hi Peter, Let me reply for Julian, as he is on holiday and will not be back for a week or so. We just learned today, from Cambridge New York, that: "Stock is...
Richard Day
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Aug 17, 2004 1:09 am
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I don't know if this is of help or not but I just checked my Amazon order for the book and the delivery date has recently been moved back from September 2 to...
The following enquiry was sent to my website. Any suggestions? 'I am trying to find a basic reading scheme for a community ESOL class. I need books that are...
I use books that are intended for beginner ESOL students and Emergent Readers. They are intended for children but adults don't mind them. They use photographs...
Hi Kieran, You might want to look at Penguin Readers' Easy Starts. They are written for adolescents and adults and are below the 300 word level, Penguin's...
Richard Day
rday@...
Aug 22, 2004 5:45 am
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For all those awaiting the actual sales of Extensive Reading Activities by Bamford & Day there is good news. Amazon has begun shipping them today. Richard...
Kieran (literally) for the UK for 3 weeks and have no time to give your query adequate attention, but I've prepared a series of units for pre-extensive reading...
Clive Lovelock
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Aug 24, 2004 2:04 am
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PS Kieran I'd need your postal address. Clive...
Clive Lovelock
lovelock@...
Aug 24, 2004 2:04 am
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The following side provides a wealth of free information for EL development. esl.guide@......
Apologies if this has already been posted and overlooked by me but this online conference may be of interest to many members. Although it does not specifically...
Apologies to all for neglecting to mention that there is a $50 registration fee for this online conference. In no way did I intend to use this forum as an...
Kieran, ... the schemes I can find seem to start at about 250 headwords. This is far too advanced, and I am reluctant to use children's schemes as they are ...
Julian Bamford
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Aug 28, 2004 5:26 am
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Please advise if the site is still current as I failed to open it. Thank you, Celine ... The following side provides a wealth of free information for EL ...
Celine Kamhieh
celine.kamhieh@...
Aug 28, 2004 7:15 am
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Try this: http://esl.about.com ... From: Celine Kamhieh [mailto:celine.kamhieh@...] Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 3:13 AM To:...
Thank you Celine ... Try this: http://esl.about.com ... From: Celine Kamhieh [mailto:celine.kamhieh@...] Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 3:13 AM To:...
Celine Kamhieh
celine.kamhieh@...
Aug 31, 2004 4:14 am
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www.esl.about.com If you go to about.com, scroll down to the "browse by topic," alphabet list, click onto E (education). You will find information there on...
http://esl.about.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm If you go to this page, look to the left and right side of the pages. There is a plethora of information from which you...
Thank you, Julian!! Yes, I agree. They have not as yet been widely used but the reading cards have proved very popular with ESOL groups run by our local...
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