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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > Reader? - HELP NEEDED
Reader? - HELP NEEDED
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alisadedic
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Reader? - HELP NEEDED
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I �m planning to give my students a book to read (Sherlock Holmes, The case of a blue diamond, Oxford, Dominoes reader). Any ideas on how to start, or how to do it in class?
Alisa
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17 Mar 2010
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Spagman63
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Hi. I did that two years ago. Use the front of the book and get them to predict the suspects. After that, pre-teach the vocab and then do some word games like finding certain words on the pages you will read or give them clues to find words in the text. Since I can do voices, I read the story using different British accents. It was a lot of fun.
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17 Mar 2010
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angelcris
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Alisa,
I can �t answer specifically for this reader but I �ll tell you about my experience. Whenever I choose a reader for my students, the first thing I do is to compare the adapted text (abridged) to the original one.If the story is very much different from the original one, I don �t use it.
The secod thing I do is to think about why I intend to work with the book. Is it just to make them read in the target language or do I have a specific project in mind? Depending on the reader you can work with ethic values, plan a project for a specific topic.
How long do you want to work with it? Will you use it in class? Will you evaluate the reading with a formal test or not? Is there a screen adaptation for the text?
Those are the questions to answer when to think about using a reader.
Write me if you have the answers, give more details.
Cheers!
�ngela Cristina |
17 Mar 2010
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alisadedic
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Angela,
My idea was to give them a book to read at home, than use it for a speaking class to practice retelling a story using past simple tense and then for general comprehension (test). And later maybe to do a project (solving a case). That is pretty much it. I just need the way how to do it.
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17 Mar 2010
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libertybelle
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And after you �ve done what Spagman suggested (which is really good advice)
You might want to show the film.
Granada television has made a fantastic series starring Jeremy Brett.
He is fabulous as Sherlock Holmes.
You can read more about it at IMDB (the internet movie data base)
Good luck
L
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17 Mar 2010
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Spagman63
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LB,
TYVM!!! Did we bury the hatchet? lol
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18 Mar 2010
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