Any links to the online version of Yomiuri? It seems Yomiuri doesn't maintain the extensive archive that Japan Times does, so articles just disappear. But an...
Clive Thanks for your response. I wanted to focus on one thing you ... which plenary (i.e. whole-class) instruction, using any single common piece of (reading)...
Hi everyone, On August 1st, the Extensive Reading Foundation named the four books that won its 2005 Language Learner Literature Award. For those of you ...
Julian Bamford
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Aug 2, 2005 6:49 am
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[Re. Furukawa-sensei's article on the SSS (Start with Simple Stories) approach, and the ongoing nationwide reading marathon in Japan in Friday July 29th Daily...
Julian Bamford
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Aug 3, 2005 12:54 am
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You can see the article of The Daily Yomiuri at http://www.seg.co.jp/sss/information/2005-0729-Daily-Yomiuri.jpg or 2000KB version ...
Yes please, Julian. I subscribed to the Daily Yomiuri until last year, but decided I was spending too much time perusing it every day. The pernicious habit of...
Clive Lovelock
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Aug 5, 2005 7:15 am
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Hi Charles Well, I wasn't thinking of content-based learning/teaching. I was thinking of the 'class set' technique that David Hill seems to think so valuable....
Clive Lovelock
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Aug 5, 2005 9:07 am
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Sorry Charles. in the third line of this message, ... Should read: "Although students are placed in classes by English proficiency level, ..." Clive...
Clive Lovelock
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Aug 5, 2005 9:46 am
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Hi everyone, The Extensive Reading Foundation (a non-profit group for the promotion of extensive reading in language education) has just announced a new award....
Julian Bamford
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Aug 11, 2005 2:37 am
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Hi, everyone, We, SSS Extensive Reading Club, published EIGO TADOKU KANZEN BOOK GUIDE (THE COMPLETEBOOK GUIDE FOR EXTENSIVE READING) from Cosmopier Puplishing...
Hi everyone, Japan Extensive Reading Association are going to hold a workshop for Teaaching English through Extensive Reading on September 17th and 18th. The...
Dear All, I'm a new member and haven't quite completely understood how the group is working yet. However, I have an urgent need for an English proficiency test...
Stimulated by a suggestion from Julian, I have updated the Extensive Reading site "Materials" page, adding a new section on "Free downloadable materials." The...
Dear all, I must apologize for the delay of reporting the results of the questionnaire concerning management of ER books conducted 04/12 - 05/05. I have...
Atsuko Takase
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Sep 18, 2005 6:04 am
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Hi, The NYTimes did an article this week on the popularity of English versions of Japanese manga among teenage girls in the US. the URL is...
We're compiling our yearly order of readers and I noticed that CUP has a number of books marked "Contains adult material that may not be suitable for younger...
Can somebody recommend any of the Junior African Writers Series that would be suitable for college age students? Best, Brett ... Brett Reynolds English...
Dear Brett, I attach a list of those with mainly adult protagonists. Hope you can get hold of them. I commend especially The Money Game. Best wishes David ...
EPER Enquiries
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Sep 26, 2005 11:06 am
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Dear Brett I am sure Philip will give you the official CER account and I will be interested to see if he accepts the following: "There is no explicit...
EPER Enquiries
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Sep 26, 2005 11:18 am
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Dear All Apologies for not responding to Brett and David's postings sooner - grandparenting duties intervened. As this included reading bedtime stories it...
Thanks for that Philip, and for taking time away from the grand- parenting duties. As a parent with two young children, I can certainly appreciate active...
Dear All You may have read my recent comments about the quality of the stories in the upper levels of the Cambridge English Readers. Let me amplify them for...
EPER Enquiries
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Sep 29, 2005 1:01 pm
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Those of you working with Chinese students may be interested in the following: Kwah Poh Foong and Michael Vallance. (editors) Teaching English to Chinese ESL...
David Hill wrote: "... I do not quite know what the secret ingredient is, but maybe the CER scheme brings out the professional skills of the language teachers...
Greetings all, I've attached a handout about the ER Forum happening at JALT 2005 in Shizuoka, Japan, this weekend (Oct. 7-10) for those of you who may be...
Does anyone know an RSS feed appropriate for learners? I am experimenting with the Moodle RSS feeds block. The Voice of America News Feeds are not bad but...
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