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The Esl-A/B Book Project, Alan Blackstock, Sharon Snyder
The Esl-A/B Book Project, Alan Blackstock, Sharon Snyder
English Faculty Publications
For the past two years, the ESL ... A/B department Bataan has been providing our students with reading materials that are "predictable," that involve situations and stories familiar and interesting to the students. This effort is based on the findings of Current reading and writing research, which indicate that students learn language-both spoken and written faster when the language material is related to things they know about, care about, and are interested in. In other words, students learn to read faster when they are interested enough to try to predict what the language means, and they learn to write faster …
Wired: Computer Networks In The English Classroom, Joyce Kinkead
Wired: Computer Networks In The English Classroom, Joyce Kinkead
English Faculty Publications
Mail is seductive. I'm talking about the power that draws us inextricably to our mailboxes each evening to pore over letters, sweepstakes invitations, and yuppie catalogs. Imagine what happens when that power is integrated into a "hot" medium - the computer. The result? Electronic mail, casually known as e-mail.