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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Sep 1, 2004 9:58 am
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Penguin Easystarts are not in fact as easy as Macmillan Guided Readers Starter Level (purple spine). Easystarts have much more text and break the convention...
EPER Enquiries
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Sep 2, 2004 12:37 pm
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Reading your message again makes me think that you are thinking of starting ER too soon. Your students seem to me to need help with decoding, which is ...
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Sep 2, 2004 12:49 pm
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Thank you very much for your reply. I am actually in Japan, and I received your book on Friday. One of the goals of our ER program is to develop vocabulary, so...
Don't delete this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you can read it. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The...
Perhaps the ability to decode jumbled letters is analagous to that of adjusting to varifocal spectacles. I was astonished how competent my brain was in...
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Sep 8, 2004 11:16 am
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Kieran & Julian, I'm a bit behind in commenting on Juian's suggestion for pre-graded reader materials. Just got back from Europe. I use the EPER pre-graded...
Clive Lovelock
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Sep 17, 2004 8:38 am
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One post-reading activity is to do a crossword puzzle related to a book or a topic. These puzzles can be made by teachers and/or students. Last night, I was...
Have you tried this site? http://www.variety-games.com/CW/ ki ... From: George Jacobs To: ExtensiveReading@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004...
I received this on the ETJ List and thought some of you might be interested. How gullible the internet makes us all!! The message posted on this site provoked...
Thanks Rory I'm glad you unearthed that one. It always seemed bogus to me. For a start the letter scramblings are not random - they are still largely in the...
Hello, Yes, thanks Rory. A very interesting find. ... The link Rory provided shows this and cites research for many points. Fascinating. Not completely...
The internet is indeed a strange place. I posted that passage on the ETJ list. I originally read it on this list, thought it was interesting and so posted it...
Wendy, this is great, very sound advice, backed by the best proof--your own experience as a bilingual immigrant!. Thanks for sharing it! --jpl [Decoding...
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Sep 27, 2004 3:57 pm
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Wendy has succinctly clarified the problem. I am grateful for her wise insight from someone who has been both inside and outside the "Club." She has helped...
Hi all Well I'm very flattered ... I'm 'fighting' with my conscience at the moment as during my writing of a coursebook for KS2 in the local sector in Hong...
Phonics- It's not the beginning of the secret. In order for phonics instruction to be effective, a person needs a good listening/ speaking vocabulary to know...
Hi again Lynn, I couldn't agree more but with my Chinese learners who have such a different language learning process to English as far as writing is...
I did say that comprehension that written language is a representation of spoken language but yes, that it is different from a character representing a word....
Kieran Since I got back from Europe three weeks ago, I've been flat out trying to catch up with the backlog. I've lost track of whether or not I sent those...
Clive Lovelock
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Oct 1, 2004 6:22 am
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Paul Jennings is a very popular author of books for children and teens. He's also a former teacher and teacher educator in Australia. Recently, he wrote a book...
Hi, everyone, I am Akio FURUKAWA, co-chair person of SSS Extensiver Reading Study Group. You can see the correct word counts for Scholastic Readers at...
Hello, I want to thank George Jacobs for drawing our attention to Paul Jennings' book, and for sharing his own notes taken while reading. Nice touch. This ...
On Monday, Oct 11, 2004, at 18:47 Japan, ... If this is the same author I'm thinking of, a TV program called "Beyond the Twist" was based on his books. Right?...
Extensive Reading list members I had the pleasure of meeting the chairman of the SSS Extensiver Reading Study Group Proffesor Sakai, the other day, when he...
ER list members, Takemoto-san, thank you for introducing Professor Sakai, our SSS leader. We, SSS ER Study Group, are planning to hold a panel discussion about...
Timothy (and others), I found your discussion of the need in teaching for a balance between the M and P styles of management quite interesting. How well I have...
Dear ER members, I would like to respond to Timothy Takemoto's posting about the M and P. The M & P is probably also a practical way to demonstrate varying...
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