Dave Kees wrote: Is that true? According to my understanding of Krashen's Comprehensible Input theory, ER should be more than enough to help students gain ...
That is right. ER is not that easy to start. A lot of people including students still believe that the skill-building is necessary. I can think of another...
Mason Beniko
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I'd like to ask Dave why he doesn't go 100% ER with his students. Best, Brett <http://english-jack.blogspot.com> ... Brett Reynolds English Language Centre ...
Rory, Your point is well taken. However, I think it also underscores the necessity of making the effort, as ESL/EFL professionals, to maintain currency with...
Mason Beniko wrote: That is right. ER is not that easy to start. A lot of people including students still believe that the skill-building is necessary. This is...
From today's news: "Abe's desire to establish a new education reform council may also breed discontent. Abe is reportedly planning to shift the education...
Dave, I'm really glad you brought this up. Has anyone else noticed the reaction to the international ranking of education that was carried out a few years ago...
Any single teaching method, even ER, is not sufficient. An eclectic approach that serves different learning styles and purposes is needed. I teach ESL...
... Beniko Mason asks: What do you suggest is the irrefutable proof? I would like to know what you want to see....
Mason Beniko
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Hi Brenda I've rushed off to look up the SMARTreading info and it sounds very sensible
my learners (primary/elementary) are all Chinese L1 and continually...
Dear Brett, I'm curious to know, is that what you do with your students? Rory Rory Rosszell Tohoku University Center for the Advancement of Higher Education 41...
... From: ExtensiveReading@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ExtensiveReading@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brenda Johnston Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:00 PM To:...
John Paul Loucky
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... I'm assuming that Rory is asking whether my students do nothing but ER. Not at all! Extensive reading is just one aspect of our program. Best, Brett ... ...
Several years ago I became interested in using story books in the classroom as a means of providing comprehensible input for all students in our school in...
Brenda, Thanks for your post! A couple of observations: 1. There will never be enough ER, but I am seeing more - in all schools - than in the past here in So...
One part of the equation is audio recordings. Students, "read" while listening. ... <http://english-jack.blogspot.com> ... Brett Reynolds English Language...
My interesting in extensive reading is as an implementation of Krashen's Comprehensible Input and the special role it could play in a place like China. That is...
I'm very interested in this. Has anyone implemented a classroom-wide system? I'm looking at 20-30 students listening to books as they read. My thoughts are: ...
Tom, I don't know if this will work for your situation, but Jeff McQuillan's website www.eslpod.com is a very interesting source of listening materials. There...
Ken, The text of the monologues/dialogues that form the basis for all of Jeff's podcasts are available for reading, either online or downloadable to an iPod as...
Warren, thanks for your post. It does seem that Project GLAD is very similar to what's happening in my school district. I'm passing the link on to one of our...
Thanks for the link, Ken, It just occurred to me that many cell phones now have the ability to play mp3 files _I think_. Our school has just implemented a 10...
Yes, cell phones. And also splitter jacks that plug into the headphone jack to allow for two headphones at once. This will cut the cost of buying CD players...
how about, from doing extensive reading in the computer room. each computer could have the mp3 files, and the students choose the appropriate file for their...
That is a good idea, and it would mean the files could be used at home (if posted on the net)...However, I'm hoping for a system I can deploy in the classroom,...
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What is this? My computer doesn't read whatever language this has been posted in, is asking for it in English asking too much? Russ Taylor ... لهواه...
It is interesting to read Mason Benito's reply on getting teachers and future teachers to be acquinted with ER in their teaching. In a recent research that i...
Hi, Dear all. Has anybody read the book entitled "Developing Reading Skills" by Francoise Grellet published by Cambridge University Press in 1981? I have read...
Hello everyone, I'm an English teacher;and this semester, i'm teaching reading skill to undergradute students for the first time. So,would you please share me...
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