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Reading Assignment p.187-p.203

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1. Discuss activities for better texts comprehension:
-Answering questions related to information in the text
- Exploring key vocabulary
- Outlining and summarizig key ideas
- Writing down predictions of what's going to happen next in the story.
- flashcards, games
- synonyms and antonyms




Strategic Reading: stragetic readers understand the goals of a reading activity, have a
range of well-practiced reading strategies, apply them in efficient combinations, monitor
comprehension appropriatiely, recognize miscomprehension, and repair comprehension
problems effectively.
- common strategies: 1. previewing a text 2. predicting what will come later in a text
3. summarizing 4. Learning new words through analysis of word
stems and affixes 5. Using context to maintain comprehension
6. Recognizing text organization 7. generating appropriate questions
about the text 8. Clarifying text meaning 9. Repairing miscompreshension
* Extensive Reading: the practice of reading large amounts of text for extended periods of
time. The sustained silent reading of level-appropriate texts is the single best overall activity
that students can engage to enhance reading abilities.
1. Provide time for extended silent readings in every class.
2. Create chances for all types of reading.
3. Find out what students like to read and why
4. Allow students to take books and magazines home to read.
5. Create incentives for students to read at home.

3. In what way can multimedia assist adult learners' reading? (Adults means older than elementary school students :

Multimedia enhanced dictionaries: vocabulary developement with technology
meaning that increased effectiveness of multimedia-enhanced electronic dictionaries designed specifically for English language learners. Also, after reading a certain
material, computer aided programs could provide readers with problems associated with the reading material. Thus, this could possibly support teachers in instructing
students, but cannot replace teachers as a whole. The reason is that teachers are
still the means to find out about students' sociolinguistic factors and to motivate them.