Dear all: I wonder if fellow subscribers to this list could advise me. My question is: Are there any graded readers for learners of the Japanese language? If...
WHEN PEER REVIEW YIELDS UNSOUND SCIENCE http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/11/health/policy/11DOC.html? ex=1024815781&ei =1&en=bb8a3aca209fabf6 As we report in our...
I've just received an invitation to join the Second language Vocabulary Acquisition (yahoo!) group. It's "signed" by The Moderator of the group - no name...
I was able to read Atsuko's version. Thank you. I use a PC and it may well have been a Mac/PC problem. By the way, what is the easiest way for me to avoid...
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Was anyone able to read Andy's response to my message about the non-fiction titles? Is it just my computer, or did you all receive the [This message is not in...
In addition to books written especially for them, second language learners sometimes enjoy reading books written for children. Reading Today is a publication...
I have copied the excerpt below from the Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition list because I felt the issues being discussed were more relevant to the...
I go so far as to say the following is among the best types of SLA research: a teacher writes up a report about a 'complex' of activities derived from a series...
A comment came to me offlist about my comment that often nonparametric statistics were parametric in disguise. Here is what I meant: many statistical tools,...
In the series I have looked into, the reading levels have been based on the Fry Readability Scale - which is a very crude and unreliable assessment based on...
Hi, I can find RL:X.X on some children's books published in USA. RL means reading level? Does anyone tell me the exact definition of the number of RL? Is RL...
I think I can see what Rob's driving at with study design, but I, personally, still think that randomization deals with a lot of the matters that he's...
Rob, I still do not understand you. What kind of differences are you talking about? You say that you are not concened about what are taught in different...
... A recent issue of Scientifc American (March, I believe, but I'd have to go back to the library and check) featured an article on this very topic. The...
Charles, ... ****Stevic said, "Imagination leads to memoery. Memory leads to learning." I agree with this discovery (statement). I also think that intramental...
Hello all, This email is in response to Stephen's critique of my paper (that assessed some of the main ER research) which he posted a few days ago. It is...
Rory, I fully support your position that from a pedagogical point of view, ER plus is the way to go. My students also found post-reading activities useful and...
Hi all, I've just joined the group and was hoping I could jump into the discussion with a question or two. One, Nation (2001) mentions a vocabulary test by Rob...
Two points about scheduling: First there are two very useful pieces of software (available both for Mac and Windows) that work together to take care of most of...
Another Urban Legend. Did test scores plummet in California because of whole language? Was Humphrey Bogart the original Gerber baby? Are there alligators in...
I teach high school Spanish to students who have had no previous exposure to Spanish. I teach levels 1-3. This year, I tried to start preparing them for...
Our school year is about a month old here in Japan. At my school, we've institued a 10 minute SSR period at the beginning of each day. The students are all...
Hi, my name is Jane Russell and I'm a graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, at the University of Toronto. I've been keeping up...
