Gordon, Is this the kind of thing you're looking for? It's a quick and dirty list of publishers and series that include low-level fiction, informative, and...
Gordon noted a need for more materials at the bottom. I recently requested a sample pack of the Foundations Reading Library set (Thomson) <elt.thomson.com> and...
Hi Gordon, Yes, the SSS Workshop Event WAS good, wasn't it? I enjoyed it very much. Sorry we didn't get to talk more... Did you happen to notice the new...
Hello Tina and everybody, Thanks to those who made suggestions here in the past couple of days. I also received a message off-list suggesting the online...
Clive and all, Maurice Jamall and I are the authors of this series, so I declare an interest in them. However, following the postings about FRL in the last...
Yesterday I posted a message in response to a string about the shortage of very low level ER materials. Perhaps due to jet lag, though I mentioned EPER, I...
LOVELOCK
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Aug 9, 2006 2:33 am
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... Here are a couple for you, Mathew. Feel free to edit them down if they're not brief enough. If anyone has a suggestion for improvement (e.g., you think...
Julian Bamford
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Aug 10, 2006 12:31 am
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You might want to check out this article: Ono, L., Day, R. R., & Harsch, K. (2004). Tips for reading extensively. *English Teaching Forum 42*/4. 12-18. It's...
Richard Day
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Aug 10, 2006 1:17 am
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... It might be available online but I m unable to access it via either Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Would someone be so kind as to post it on the...
The article is available at this URL: http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol42/no4/p12.htm You might also find useful information on the ER website: ...
... http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol42/no4/p12.htm ... Thanks Tom, this is the website that I can not access on either Internet Explorer or Firefox as...
I had no trouble opening it with FireFox (WinXP home ed.) ... cheers, tom mccarthy ... st. catalina girls high school matsuyama, japan ... http://exchanges....
I do not know if anyone has already mentioned this, but orientaion is very important before a teacher starts an ER program. ER is very different from other...
Mason Beniko
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Aug 10, 2006 4:58 pm
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Dear Gordon, I'd like to thank you for coming to the ER Workshop. I was away for a couple of weeks, so I could not reply sooner. Thank you also for your...
Atsuko Takase
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Aug 11, 2006 7:58 pm
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Atsuko, i read your letter to Gordon with great interest because what you describe is exactly what we experience with the vast majority of our adult Asian ESL...
Hi Warren, Thank you for your mail. ... Most students in my class look surprised when they find such low level readers. There are always some students who...
Atsuko Takase
atsukot@...
Aug 12, 2006 8:33 pm
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Hello again, Thanks again to everyone who has responded to my initial question about low-level materials for adults. I don't want to clutter the world's...
Hi, I'm Anita from Indonesia. Right now, I am teaching Extensive reading for university students. It's so fun and challenging, actually. However, I still find...
Hi Anita, ... Many teachers base student grades on the amount that each student reads. For example, each student must read a certain number of pages or books...
Julian Bamford
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Aug 16, 2006 7:47 am
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Hello Anita, What Julian says is true. One can not tell whether ER helped students gain significantly on the post test when they are taking other English...
Mason Beniko
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Aug 16, 2006 1:43 pm
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Professor Mason, very interesting article on the ER/TOEFL case studies. I will share it with my students this coming semester. Have you tried the same...
Hello Scott Miles, Yes, it is a good idea to explan to your students about diffrernt research results on the effects and efficiency of the reading method. They...
Mason Beniko
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Aug 17, 2006 5:24 am
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Although I promote extensive reading with my students and support it as one of the best ways to improve students' English skills, I would like to play Devil's...
I just read the IJFLT article about ER and TOEFL scores and it was very interesting. In answer to the questin about the link between ER and TOEIC scores, there...
Hi, all ... I have a slightly different take on this. My students receive the minimum passing grade (60) merely by showing up for the minimum required number...
Hi Dave and everyone, Evaluation is the most difficult part of the ER program. Some Japanese university teachers who give in-class reading (SSR) for the whole...
Atsuko Takase
atsukot@...
Aug 18, 2006 9:55 am
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Hello Howard Brown, Great response! I will read the research reports on the effects of ER on the TOEIC on JALT webpage. ... a correlation between improvements...
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