Dear Colleagues, I have been conducting a preliminary study on extensive reading from a "communities of practice" perspective. I am interested in expanding...
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Richard
richardlemme...
Feb 1, 2011 10:52 am
Hi all, I was ordering two new Footprint reader videos this week when I learned that the Page Turner series is now available. I happened to grab four of them...
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Rob Waring
waring_robert
Feb 1, 2011 11:04 am
Thanks for that Richard, I'm glad you like them. The main Cengage website (the Heinle link Richard gave) is a bit difficult to navigate, so here is another...
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Akio FURUKAWA
fakio11015
Feb 1, 2011 12:05 pm
Dear members, I have read 15 titles out of 18 titles in page turners series published by now. The following number show my recommendation for each book. I...
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Ben Shearon
benshearon
Feb 1, 2011 12:09 pm
I'm also a big fan of the page turners. They are well-written and very visually attractive. cheers ========== Ben Shearon sendaiben.org ========== ... I'm also...
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Brett Reynolds
brettetj
Feb 3, 2011 1:54 am
For anyone interested in Japanese graded readers: It's been many years since I did any serious reading in Japanese, but my son is getting to the stage where he...
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dk
davkees
Feb 3, 2011 2:49 am
I'd like some suggestions on classroom action research that can be done to test ideas about discrete explicit grammar and vocabulary teaching and extensive...
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Eper Enquiries
Eper.Enquiries@...
Feb 3, 2011 1:11 pm
Last November I was invited to Oxford Brookes University to talk to teachers of Japanese about graded readers. They have a project to produce a series...
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Mark Brierley
mark13867
Feb 3, 2011 11:49 pm
Hi everyone, As you may know my university has an online system for keeping track of students' reading, and the system has the capability to add any book with...
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dk
davkees
Feb 4, 2011 1:55 am
What is the main goal of our teaching? Maybe: 1. Improve our students ability to understand and communicate in English. Thus the student is the end user of the...
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Brett Reynolds
brettetj
Feb 4, 2011 2:50 am
... Why assume that grades are always about measuring? They also serve as motivation. Best, Brett ... Brett Reynolds English Language Centre Humber College...
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Lemmer Richard
richardlemme...
Feb 4, 2011 2:54 am
I think a lot of grading is determined by the learning objectives the instructor sets for the course and how they are met, or not. Richard ... I think a lot of...
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dk
davkees
Feb 4, 2011 4:34 am
"I think a lot of grading is determined by the learning objectives the instructor sets for the course and how they are met, or not." I have just been...
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dk
davkees
Feb 4, 2011 4:59 am
"Why assume that grades are always about measuring? They also serve as motivation." I'm not trying to pick a fight over this. This is something I am struggling...
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Lemmer Richard
richardlemme...
Feb 4, 2011 6:17 am
Dave, I think you are absolutely correct in saying basically that the instructor should work back from the learning objective in designing the course. I agree...
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Lemmer Richard
richardlemme...
Feb 4, 2011 6:20 am
Oops! In my rush I misread Brett's post and yet I do agree that grades can be a motivating factor for students just as healthy competition can. I was referring...
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Glen Hill
atsubetsutea...
Feb 4, 2011 8:30 am
We all need to be on the same page here (no pun intended for teachers of ER). First and foremost, are we talking about grades for ER courses, or courses that...
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dk
davkees
Feb 4, 2011 10:10 am
I think motivation is good as a secondary element. It's good if motivation helps the student acquire the skill. How to improve motivation? There's many ways....
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Glen Hill
atsubetsutea...
Feb 5, 2011 12:29 am
I am very interested in learning what people have to say about motivation at this year's CUE conference on that very theme (not limited to ER). I suspect there...
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Glen Hill
atsubetsutea...
Feb 5, 2011 12:33 am
Having claimed to read Origin of the Species reminds me of a high school course I taught in Sapporo. I told students to read 400 pages of graded readers over...
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dk
davkees
Feb 5, 2011 7:10 am
I have been studying the literature on motivation in the ELT setting and I have found it quite disappointing. Sometimes you think these guys have never been in...
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mrwwalmsley
Feb 5, 2011 8:39 pm
Interesting comments... So what sort of approach do you think may help students stay motivated lesson by lesson? Cheers, Michael...
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Glen Hill
atsubetsutea...
Feb 6, 2011 12:44 am
Dave, I'd be interested in seeing any of the papers you said you have read. A private mail message would be ok, unless others are interested. I've done reading...
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dk
davkees
Feb 6, 2011 1:08 am
Michael asked: "So what sort of approach do you think may help students stay motivated lesson by lesson?" Below is a post that I recently sent to another list....
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Glen Hill
atsubetsutea...
Feb 6, 2011 1:29 am
Yup, we all need to provide grammar and vocabulary, but just how we do it is important for motivating students and maintaining that motivation. Have tons of...
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dk
davkees
Feb 6, 2011 2:04 am
Glenski said: "Most [researchers] are saying the same thing -- that to motivate students to talk in English, their teachers and classmates must be aware of the...
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Jeffrey Martin
gbleemy
Feb 6, 2011 3:27 am
Malcolm Gladwell is a great writer, but he didn't actually do the science behind Sesame Street and Blues Clues. That work was done by academic types who worked...
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Glen Hill
atsubetsutea...
Feb 6, 2011 7:53 am
Dave, You are right about the previous stuff I cited being unhelpful for the most part. I mean, it IS helpful if one is so new to the field or simply blind to ...
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Atsuko Takase
atsukot@...
Feb 6, 2011 10:52 am
Hi Glen and everyone, I studied about high school students' extensive reading motivation several years ago (my doctoral dissertation), and have still been...
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Rob Waring
waring_robert
Feb 6, 2011 10:56 am
Nice post Atsuko, I do hope you can report this at the ER seminar next weekend. http://erjseminar.org/ Rob Skype: waring_robert ...
