Least Significance Difference:Biostatics and Research Methodology
The power of reading in the second language
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2. The Power of Reading in the Second Language Cambridge University Press Kari Miller May 2011
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4. Do you know what today is? May 12 th is (unofficial)Limerick Day!
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10. Class activity using limericks well I knittin’ sittin’ sigh Great Britain There once was a man from ______________, Who interrupted two girls at their ______________. Said he with a ______________, “ That park bench, ______________, Just painted it right where you’re ______________!”
11. Class activity using limericks well I knittin’ sittin’ sigh Great Britain There once was a man from Great Britain , Who interrupted two girls at their knittin’ . Said he with a sigh , “ That park bench, well I , Just painted it right where you’re sittin’ !”
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15. Can working with limericks in class be considered a reading activity?
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19. The virtuous cycle of reading Successful reading makes successful readers The more students read the better they get at it. The better students get at reading, the more they read.
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22. By reading in L2, students improve in ALL academic areas!!!!!
23. Do you like to read? Why or why not? When do you read? How often do you read? For how long do you read? What do you read?
42. Comment cards at back of book Rating Your Comment and Your Name 5 I’m afraid earthquake happens to us Susy 5 Great! Gabriel is nice. He is cool. Jaime 4 “ Who is really taking care of me?” I think after reading this book. Yolanda 3 I had a chance to think what’s the most important thing in my life. Hector
Discuss (easy) solutions to each student comment above.
Participants share in small groups
Raise hand if have heard or seen students who feel this way
Students each buy one reader, then share them throughout the course.
Discuss in small groups
Discuss the genre. Match the title. Double Cross Just Good Friends How I Met Myself A Love for Life
One icy winter's evening in Budapest, John Taylor is on his way home from the office when a man runs into him and knocks him over. The man turns to say sorry and John is amazed at what he sees: the man is John's double. The double rushes away but leaves no footprints in the snow. Over the next year it becomes clear to John that the meeting was no accident and that his double has a very important message to give him. (How I Met Myself) A politician survives an attempted assassination in Stockholm, and secret agent Monika Lundgren is instructed to find the people responsible. As she races across the world, through Finland, England, South Africa and Mozambique, she encounters a strange football team, a rock musician and a madman with dreams of world power. (Double Cross) In Cambridge, Fanella bravely faces the challenge of adopting a child alone after her partner leaves her. Fanella and five-year-old Ellie get off to a rocky start, but Fanella patiently steers their relationship on to more solid ground. Meanwhile, her relationship with Rod, Ellie's teacher and a married man, is a little more complicated. (A Love for Life) It's Stephany and Max's first holiday together in Italy and they are staying at the flat of Stephany's friend, Carlos. Max is a little jealous of Carlos and Carlos's wife is certainly not happy to see Stephany. It becomes clear that there is more between Stephany and Carlos than just friendship and the tension rises between the two couples. As Max discovers more about Stephany's past, he begins to wonder if he really knows her at all. (Just Good Friends)
Look at the pictures. Write a caption for each one. Put the pictures in order and then make up the story of the chapter.
Use the pictures to predict who the boy is and what the story is about.
Don’t take my baby! 6 Chapter 2 We love this house 11 Chapter 3 Th is is my house 16 Chapter 4 Something’s happening! 20 Chapter 5 Sammy is my baby 24 Chapter 6 Fire! 26 Chapter 7 I can leave now 28 Chapter 8 We’re waiting for you
Don’t take my baby! 6 Chapter 2 We love this house 11 Chapter 3 Th is is my house 16 Chapter 4 Something’s happening! 20 Chapter 5 Sammy is my baby 24 Chapter 6 Fire! 26 Chapter 7 I can leave now 28 Chapter 8 We’re waiting for you
Do chain story as a group (if time)
Discuss (easy) solutions to each student comment above.
Discuss (easy) solutions to each student comment above.