reading activities for esl adults

A study on possible effective pre-reading activities to improve reading skills for 2nd- year english majors at the military science academy

A study on possible effective pre-reading activities to improve reading skills for 2nd- year english majors at the military science academy

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:50
... designing and applying the Pre -reading activities As mentioned in chapter 2, many reading lessons in More Reading Power include Pre -reading activities. However, these activities are boring and repetitive ... claimed that: “Extensive reading would normally start with reading for the main ideas or for general information then for general comprehension and finally, after much practice, for details comprehension”. ... the content before reading, etc. However, there are still 3 teachers (10%) claim that they do nothing before a reading text, these teachers explain that there is no time for these activities, ...
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Designing & evaluating an English reading test for the non-majors of Civil Engineering at Haiphong private university

Designing & evaluating an English reading test for the non-majors of Civil Engineering at Haiphong private university

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:12
... improving reading skill with English of Civil Engineering after 120 period reading course.  to measure their aptitude for the reading skill.  to diagnose their strength and weakness in reading ... fact, the same form of test may be used for different purposes, although in other cases the purpose may affect the form. Due to the limitation of time and ability, it is impossible for the author ... in other words, the test may be valid for some purposes, but not for others. For example, if the purpose of a test is to test ability to communicate in a foreign language, then it is valid if...
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Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part  3

Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part 3

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:21
... the ESL classroom……………………….……………….…………… 9 II.1. 4.2.1.Poetry in the ESL classroom………………………………………….………… 9 II.1. 4.2.2.Short story and its advantages in language classroom…………….………… 10 II.2. Reading ... …………………………………………………….………… 11 II.2.1. Reading comprehension and its roles in language learning………….……………11 II.2.2. Reader and the text…………………………… ………………………………………11 II.2.3. Students’ difficulties with reading ……………………….…………………………12 II.3. ... ………………………………………11 II.2.3. Students’ difficulties with reading ……………………….…………………………12 II.3. Literature and Reading ………………………… …………………………………….13 ...
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Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part  5

Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part 5

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:21
... hours for reading skills per week. Within each class, normally 45 minutes long, they learn and practice reading skills such as skimming, scanning, reading for main ideas or for specific information, ... appealing source of material for reading . For him, if reading is to be viewed as an integrated process, the teaching of reading must do more than simply exercise reading in the target language. ... text in the reading classroom. This part focuses on differentiating the two methods: efferent reading and aesthetic reading. According to Rosenblatt (1978) efferent reading is reading in which...
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Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part  6

Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part 6

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:21
... ways, we can be 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 ... diary about what I have read □ others…………………………………………………………………… 4. After reading I find… a. my vocabulary is enlarged. b. my reading speed is improved. c. my guessing skill is better d. my analyzing ... and animal d. social issues (crime, politic…) e. mystery f. others (give examples) Thanks a lot for yours great assistance! Questionnaire N o 2 e. Interpreting characters in the short story or...
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Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part  7

Integrating short stories and poems in developing the reading skills for 2nd year students in haiphong university part 7

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:21
... knowledge  Develop critical reading and writing  Literature and reading:  The reader and the text  Links between reading skills and literary skills  Efferent reading and aesthetic reading  It is applicable ... poems in teaching and learning reading  Method of collecting data:  At the end of term, 2 weeks before the final exam. 13 13  Thank you for Thank you for your attention! your attention! ... Integrating short stories and poems in developing the poems in developing the reading skills for 2 reading skills for 2 nd nd year year students in Haiphong students in Haiphong university university Field:...
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Techniques for developing content reading skills for the third year students at the university of odonto and stomatology

Techniques for developing content reading skills for the third year students at the university of odonto and stomatology

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:50
... content readings. - The activities carried out by the teachers at pre -reading, while -reading and post -reading stages and the students’ response. - The necessary reading skills to enhance reading ... the research: reading and reading comprehension, classification of reading, the importance of improving reading skills, roles of reading teachers and those of reading students, reading in ESP ... The activities carried out by the teachers at pre -reading, while -reading and post -reading stages and the students’ response. III.4.6.1. The activities carried out by the teachers at pre-reading...
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Developing critical reading skills for first year students in English department, college of foreign languages, Vietnam national university, Hanoi

Developing critical reading skills for first year students in English department, college of foreign languages, Vietnam national university, Hanoi

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:50
... while reading, the activities can be scanning, skimming, reading for detailed information, predicting meaning of new words, etc. Those reading activities might be used to serve different reading ... discourse Transcoding information into other types of display Table 5 - Types of reading tasks in general reading skills and critical reading skills 3.2. Teaching critical reading As critical reading comprises ... current reading syllabus? - What is the frequency of your use of three reading stages (pre -reading, while -reading and post -reading) in your actual teaching? - Which of the following activities...
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Using while- reading techniques to improve reading comprehension for the 11th form students at phan dang luu high school

Using while- reading techniques to improve reading comprehension for the 11th form students at phan dang luu high school

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 15:01
... their reading skills, the teacher must play a role as a guiding person. He should give his students clear purposes while reading (for example, reading for general ideas, reading for specific information, ... skills; 9% read for information and reading for pleasure is the least percentage (only 3%). As can be seen, the purposes of reading in English are various. Many students think that reading can ... that all the activities suggested by Sheils can be included in the two categories mentioned by Williams, i.e. reading for general understanding first, and the reading for specific information....
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