Dear ER teachers, Nihon Jitsugyo Shuppann will publish our new book "How to read one million words per a year?" in Japanese. To Japanese teachers only ...
Hello all, Sorry for the tardy reply. I was at TESOL. I have just deleted the messages titled (The latest version" . They are no longer in the archive. ... ...
Rob Waring
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Apr 2, 2003 12:50 am
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This is something I received from a lady on another list I belong to: "I heard the most wonderful definition for reading the other day at the CCFLT/SWCOLT...
assisted reading is really just modelling ...and direct application....just as extended reading is the direct application of reading skills to develop...
I'm not just interested in how much students should be reading, but more so in how this should change as students increase in ability. Beniko has written here...
... You would need to read more than one a week at higher levels from a vocab perspective. This is because you have to read more to meet unknown words (coz...
Rob Waring
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Apr 4, 2003 9:00 am
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... week reading, then doesn't it make sense to ask a lower level student to spend the same 3 hours? Beniko's reply: Oh, YES! The content of the 1000 pages...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 5, 2003 7:54 am
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... hours a week reading, then doesn't it make sense to ask a lower level student to spend the same 3 hours? Beniko's reply: Oh, YES! The content of the 1000...
Hi Everyone, I´ve read several answers to the question how much reading that may be right or wrong. I have no evidence for one or the other. I just wanted to...
Take alook at the Moser Report on whats gotta ,be done about all these illiterate people walking around ... I read some where that it said (although I...
Dear Richard, Thank you very much for asking this question. I am glad that I have given an opportunity to explain what I do. Do you know about how many words...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 6, 2003 7:03 am
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Beniko, Thanks a lot for your detailed reply. Are you using the online test found at http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/index.html ? They were...
... ABSOLUTELY. I have some recent data on this. This is the abstract. ... At what rate do learners learn and retain new vocabulary from a Graded Reader? Rob...
Rob Waring
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Apr 6, 2003 11:49 pm
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Thanks Rob for your expedite response. Jpino ... Graded Reader? ... within ... times ... 15 ... and ... more ... of ... times ... build ... (say ... do...
Rob, Could you tell me what a more reliable test is to measure vocab gain than the levels test? Is a translation test a more reliable measure, then? Beniko $B...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 7, 2003 4:12 am
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... Much ER research is trying to answer the questions "how many words do students learn from reading X?". The key word is "learn". When we learn a word from...
Rob Waring
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Apr 7, 2003 5:56 am
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Rob, Thank you for your response. I have a few more questions. So, after all you think that a translation test is the most reliable test, then. My frind is...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 7, 2003 8:31 am
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... I was very careful. I did not say it was the "most reliable" test. I said it was "more appropriate" than a m/c test but a translation test brings its own...
Rob Waring
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Apr 7, 2003 9:38 am
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Hi Rob, ... **** OK. Thank you for your comments. It was very helpful. Beniko Mason HP $B$d%a!...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 7, 2003 11:15 am
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Dear Richard, Yes, I think this is the same site which has the Paul Nation's vocab profile program? > Are you using the online test found at...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 7, 2003 11:22 am
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Hi ... Yes but not in the same way. The clues come from the context but the meaning is not always explicit and often unknowable from the context. E.g He wore a...
Rob Waring
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Apr 7, 2003 11:46 pm
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Dear Rob, If number of researchers are using the VLTs for vocab study, isn't it because there is no other tests that is as good as those tests? Did you tell...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 9, 2003 4:05 am
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... Sadly yes. But one vocab test cannot be all things to all people. ... Rory has used one. He reported it at TESOL. -- Best regards Rob Waring ...
Rob Waring
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Apr 9, 2003 4:26 am
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Dear Professor Frank Christensen, I would like to thank you very much for your support. I feel honored that you feel that way about me. Thank you. Sincerely, ...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 11, 2003 7:05 am
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Sorry!! I meant to send the last message to Prof Christensen privately. I did it again.... ! Beniko Mason International Buddhist University 3-2-1 Gakuenmae,...
Mason Beniko
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Apr 11, 2003 7:08 am
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As I posted a few weeks ago, I think a lexicality judgment test would overcome many of the issues that Rob and Beniko have raised if you looked at decrease in...
Thanks John, for your recommendation of the Moser Report – v. interesting stuff - but I couldn't find that reference to three hours a week . . . Do you or...
I am looking for ideas, opinions, and comments about using Extensive Reading content in a speaking class. I am a native English teacher and have just started...
Now available: S. Krashen, "Does accelerated reader work?" at http://www.sdkrashen.com....
Stephen Krashen
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Apr 14, 2003 4:48 pm
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I have been including an extensive reading component in my conversation classes for years and suggest you look at my conference handouts that are posted at ...
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