... linked to a head office
- computers:
Read the information in the table. Guess whether
they belong to optimists or pessimists
5. The security of the earth will
be threatened by terrorism.
Optimists
Pessimists
4. ... our life in
the future? How will they effect?
Answer the questions
Unit 8: Life in the future
Developments in micro technology –
computers and telecommunication
3. What are the most important ... will happen in an economic depression?
Task 2: Answer the following questions.
Answer the questions
Unit 8: Life in the future
Thanks to the inventions of labour –
saving devices.
2. Why will...
... tiết kiệm sức
lao động
1. an optimist
Read the information in the table. Guess whether
they belong to optimists or pessimists
5. The security of the earth will
be threatened by terrorism.
Optimists
Pessimists
4. ... normal air travel?
Discuss the following question
What technologies will influence our life in
the future? How will they effect?
Answer the questions
Unit 8: Life in the future
1. Who will ...
Task 2: Answer the following questions.
Answer the questions
Unit 8: Life in the future
Developments in micro technology –
computers and telecommunication
3. What are the most important...
... sisters. The
bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our
brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the
meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man, all
belong to the same family.
The shining ... tells of events
and memories in the life of my people. The
water’s murmur is the voice of my father’s
father.
The rivers are our brothers. They quench our
thirst. They carry out canoes and feed ... (choice a); the author asks in lines 2–4,
“how can you buy or sell the sky? The land? The
idea is strange to us. If we do not own the fresh-
ness of the air ”Their reverence for the land
contradicts...
... cooperatives in
general.
Use the methods described in the Dynamic Reading step to organize yourself while
reading the passage. Before reading decide why you want to read the passage. Assume
for this ... based on the initial purpose of readingthepassage (to get basic
general information about a housing cooperative).
Who owns the unit? The corporation.
Who pays the tax? The tenant through the monthly ...
knowledge that you already possess, therefore retaining more of the new
information.
After the reading
• Did thereading supply the answers to my questions?
Did thereading answer your questions?...
... August 2005
3.6.3.2 .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………………………………………….………… 9
II.1. 4.2.2.Short story and its advantages in language classroom…………….………… 10
II.2. Reading comprehension …………………………………………………….………… 11
II.2.1. Reading ... learning………….……………11
II.2.2. Reader and the text…………………………… ………………………………………11
II.2.3. Students’ difficulties with reading ……………………….…………………………12
II.3. Literature and Reading ………………………… …………………………………….13
... from other texts ………………….………………5
II.1.4. Literature and language teaching ……………………………………….…………… 6
II.1.4.1. Why use literature in language classroom. ………………………….…………… 6
II.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. mystery
f. others (give examples)
Thanks a lot for yours great assistance!
Questionnaire N
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e. Interpreting characters in the short story or figurative meanings in the
poem.
□ I think...
... 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 ... texts
enhanced their reading skills
Many 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 story
75% 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 the passages 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...