... linked to a head office- computers: Read the information in the table. Guess whether they belong to optimists or pessimists5. The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorism.OptimistsPessimists4. ... our life in the future? How will they effect? Answer the questionsUnit 8: Life in the future Developments in micro technology – computers and telecommunication3. What are the most important ... will happen in an economic depression? Task 2: Answer the following questions. Answer the questionsUnit 8: Life in the future Thanks to the inventions of labour – saving devices.2. Why will...
... August 20053.6.3.2 .The range The RANGE is the difference between the highest and the lowest scores, i.e. it is the highest value minus the lowest. The formula for the range of thereading test results ... in the test. In the same way, it is important that the student’s score should be the same (or as nearly the same as possible) whether he takes one version of the test or another and whether ... case the mode is 5.5 because it is the most frequent value.3.6.2.2 .The median The MEDIAN is the point in the distribution below which 50% of the values lie and above which 50% lie. To find the...
... in the ESL classroom………………………………………….………… 9II.1. 4.2.2.Short story and its advantages in language classroom…………….………… 10II.2. Reading comprehension …………………………………………………….………… 11II.2.1. Reading ... learning………….……………11II.2.2. Reader and the text…………………………… ………………………………………11II.2.3. Students’ difficulties with reading ……………………….…………………………12II.3. Literature and Reading ………………………… …………………………………….13 ... from other texts ………………….………………5II.1.4. Literature and language teaching ……………………………………….…………… 6II.1.4.1. Why use literature in language classroom. ………………………….…………… 6II.1.4.2 Literature in the...
... readers in aesthetic readingthe enjoyment is attained by interacting with the text, they often relate their world of experience to the text. After reading they might be asked whether something ... on their background knowledge, the clues given by the author and the situational context to work out the meaning hidden behind the text. So, the more knowledge of the world the readers have the ... efferent reading and aesthetic reading. According to Rosenblatt (1978) efferent reading is reading in which the reader is concerned with what she will carry away whereas in aesthetic reading the...
... independent from the text.□ Others………………………………………………………………f. The activities I like most in post – reading phase□ creating the end of the poem or short story □ changing the poem into a short story ... can get to the bottom of the story and poem.g. Others…5. What are your suggestions that you think can help you read more effectively:□ The teacher should: ………………………………………………□ The students ... politic…)e. mysteryf. others (give examples) Thanks a lot for yours great assistance!Questionnaire No2e. Interpreting characters in the short story or figurative meanings in the poem.□ I think...
... knowledgeDevelop critical reading and writingLiterature and reading: The reader and the textLinks between reading skills and literary skillsEfferent reading and aesthetic reading It is applicable ... texts enhanced their reading skillsMany suggestions are given to make the lesson more effective 5 The focus of the study The potential values of short stories and poems in the ESL classroom.Arouse ... that they can learn new words and remember them longer in the context of a short story75% students are interested in interpreting the characters of the story or the figurative language in the...
... of their task is not the knowledge of the subject matter but the ways the students can get benefits from reading to the fullest so that they take up their own good reading habits outside the ... structures or the topic of the text is unfamiliar to them, which prevent them from developing their reading abilities.• Another difficulty faced by both the teachers and the students is that thereading ... for them in one column, and then respond to them in the other. The responses to thepassages can take such forms as summaries, marginal notations, reflective comments in relation to the passages, ...
... motivation in reading to the texts. On the other hand, for the students, the Pre -reading activities are obviously useful since they are more motivated, they can understand the texts better while reading ... conceptualizes the study’s theoretical background, presents the concepts relevant to the topic of the thesis: reading and reading comprehension, classification of reading, role of reading in foreign ... all the teachers in the study are aware of the importance of the Pre -reading activities, so they usually employ these activities with the hope to motivating students as well as helping them...
... confirms the conclusion that no significant difference existed between the two groups at the beginning of the experiment. In other words, the two groups participating in the study had almost the ... has presented the major findings of the study based on the data gathered during the program. These include the results of comparing vocabulary learning proficiency through CS in the pre-test ... programs? The first and the second questions are the focal points. The answer to them would yield empirical evidence for the effectiveness of CS in learning vocabulary. The answer to the last...
... learner. At the beginning thereading program, a candid discussion was held with students to determine their general attitudes to reading and to gather information on the amount and the reading ... readers; the students from the four-year college were able to move to authentic texts in the second semester. Students read at their own level and at their own pace. The results show that on thereading ... again confirm the theory in the Literature that extensive reading is one of the effective ways to improve the learners’ reading comprehension. However, in order to make extensive reading effective,...
... draw the students’ attention to the main ideas of the text. The students are given a list of statements about the text and they must decide whether they are true or false according to what they ... overwhelming them.To the teacher at the secondary school, the text book will be the main source of reading materials for his students in thereading class. He sometimes can use texts outside the textbook ... for further understanding The students may do some other activities for further understanding.3.3.1Understanding the organization of the text.In reading for detailed understanding, the teacher...