{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"40832253","dateCreated":"1310630683","smartDate":"Jul 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"subrein","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/subrein","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/sailntieriiisummer11.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/40832253"},"dateDigested":1532144411,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Using Silent Sustained Reading In The Language Classroom by: Elba Rivas De Whitle ","description":"     Sustain silent reading :<br \/>\n<br \/>\n     -    A program designed to develop student reading skills and enjoyment in which a            block of time is set aside each day for quiet reading.<br \/>\n         \u2022Helps vocabulary, comprehension and sentence structure <br \/>\n         \u2022Allows for major strides in language acquisition and literacy skills <br \/>\n<br \/>\n     -By getting books that are interesting in the target language, they allow students to read them and enjoy them.<br \/>\n         \u2022Get variety of easy to hard books<br \/>\n<br \/>\n     -Ensuring each student is reading, students would choose a book and reads it for  10 min each class period.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n     -Covers communication standards of the standards for foreign language learning.<br \/>\n     -Reading books for the English language in the target language gives Opportunity for language comparison.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n     -Popular magazines and comic books <br \/>\n        \u2022Gives insights to cultural practices, products, perspectives and cultural comparisons.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n   Ex. <br \/>\n      For 1st Year language class<br \/>\n<br \/>\n    -Silent independent reading can begin with snippets and gradually increase to longer reading periods. The teacher should :<br \/>\n         \u2022Pictures to aid understanding <br \/>\n         \u2022Humor to engage older students<br \/>\n         \u2022Lots of repetition of expression to build in practice.<br \/>\n         \u2022Oppertunities for students to discuss the assignment with their classmates.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhites SSR program began with the belief that just reading in the target language could help students learn their desired language.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"40831853","dateCreated":"1310627260","smartDate":"Jul 14, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"rashatorky","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rashatorky","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/sailntieriiisummer11.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/40831853"},"dateDigested":1532144411,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Teaching Reading in a Foreign Language.Eric Digest.","description":"This digest is based on &quot;Language in Education&quot; series written byMarva Barnett.<br \/>\nL2 researchers and instructors are applying these avtivities in the classrooms:<br \/>\n1.L2: An interactive process<br \/>\n(means the reader interacts with the text to creat meaning)<br \/>\nOne important part of the interactive process theory emphasizes &quot;Schemata&quot; the background information.<br \/>\nEx.Readers might know that Mark Twain wrote stories about life on the Mississippi River during 19th century.this schema help to recall more than readers less familiar with the text content.<br \/>\nAlso schema define reader expectations and upcoming details(ex.crime- suspects-evidence)<br \/>\n2.Recognizing and Implementing Effective L2 Reading Strategies:<br \/>\n-Not all the teaching stratgies effective for all students.<br \/>\n-Teacher should consider these activities<br \/>\n*Titles and Illustrations<br \/>\n*skimming<br \/>\n*scanning<br \/>\n*summarizing<br \/>\n*Guessing<br \/>\n- Teacher should help students to know what type of text they reading(article,fairy tale,..)<br \/>\n3.Incorporating Effective Reading strategies Into The L2 classroom<br \/>\n-Develop simple exercies and divide it by the stage of reading<br \/>\n*Prereading activities(schema,brainstorming,scanning,skimming).<br \/>\n*While reading exercies(word clues,cognate)<br \/>\n*Postreading(go beyond detail,short stories)<br \/>\n*Follow-up exercies(by two ways;Transferring reading skills to other texts or by integrating reading skills with other language skills).","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}