Reading Assignment Reflection

As I have read through the chapter discussing efficient listening strategies and methods, I thought about what actually brings about listening competency among
students and foreign language learners. Sometimes, the listening capabilities come
automatically, even though one has not put in that much effort to attain them. However, I reckon that this is solely restricted to the students or learners living
in the U.S. or Canada, sustained by the ESL(English as a Second language) environment. Thus, considering that most Koreans don't virtually fit into this kind of category, I can't help thinking about other desirable measures that could possibly enhance Korean students' listening skills. More than anything, one should study grammar and vocabulary before launching oneself to the realm of listening. Some people might object that all skills, including reading, listening, speaking, and writing must all be given the same amount of attention in the aspect of importance. Well, obviously, I have no obligation to deny this notion, but I do believe in the assumption that the acquisition of grammatical and lexical background of knowledge will definitely, indeed, aid, if not enrich the process of linguistic input. Accordingly, one that masters grammar and vocabulary to a certain extent will more likely be able to manage oneself to be sensitive to ambiguous accents or tones of the speakers of a listening dialogue. Ultimately, he or she will have that opportunity to grasp a moment of success in attaining listening comprehension skills or auditory competency. Moreover, in spite of my ideas of ways of English Listening, I still don't have the vaguest clue of why all students or grown-ups have to, as an obligation, proceed or pursue the studying of English. I mean, why bother to study
English if you are not even going to use it practically in the real context? The answer to this tough question; So far, I do not know.

Crossword Puzzle: JObs of the WOrld

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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.