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Implementing Fluency First Activities In An Intermediate-Level Eap Reading Class, Martha Iancu
Implementing Fluency First Activities In An Intermediate-Level Eap Reading Class, Martha Iancu
Faculty Publications - Department of World Languages, Sociology & Cultural Studies
The goal of the intermediate level in our postsecondary intensive English program at George Fox University—a small, liberal arts university in the United States—is to introduce academic language skills to students whose institutional Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores range from 400 to 450. After using an analytical, skills-based approach for a number of years, I felt dissatisfied with the students’ level of learning. Seeking a solution, I came across an on-line discussion1 of teachers who postulate that students cannot benefit fully from instruction in higher order skills unless they have first developed basic fluency. The first …