Comments on: The Relationship Between Reading and Writing in the ESL Context http://www.heddatan.com/the-relationship-between-reading-and-writing-in-the-esl-context.html By Hedda Tan Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.heddatan.com/the-relationship-between-reading-and-writing-in-the-esl-context.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 admin Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:51:05 +0000 http://www.heddatan.com/the-relationship-between-reading-and-writing-in-the-esl-context.html#comment-6 Ed, I taught English to teenagers last year, and this year, I have a grade 11 Writing for College class. What I always tell my students in the beginning of the year is to find books in English on topics they love. For instance, if your nephew loves cars, I would encourage you to find lots of books on cars for him. He does not have to read novels or chapter books for starters. You are absolutely right - he would do better if he read other than his class books. Having learned English as a second language myself, I learned to love books when I started reading mystery books (Hardy Boys series), then I moved on to suspense thrillers by Stephen King and Sidney Sheldon. If he loves spy and action movies, he might like those written by Jeffrey Archer. What I found effective in my classes was giving students choices as to which books they want to read. Then I give very minimal assignments to go with it, but I make sure we have small group discussions where they get to share what it is they are reading. This way, students are focused on the story itself, and not just on fulfilling the assignments for their grades. Krashen is looked upon as an authority by many on literacy, and during my MA classes, he was often referred to by my mentors at Grad school. I'll find you more substantial info on him and his work. 'Hope this has been of help. Hedda Ed, I taught English to teenagers last year, and this year, I have a grade 11 Writing for College class. What I always tell my students in the beginning of the year is to find books in English on topics they love. For instance, if your nephew loves cars, I would encourage you to find lots of books on cars for him. He does not have to read novels or chapter books for starters.

You are absolutely right – he would do better if he read other than his class books. Having learned English as a second language myself, I learned to love books when I started reading mystery books (Hardy Boys series), then I moved on to suspense thrillers by Stephen King and Sidney Sheldon. If he loves spy and action movies, he might like those written by Jeffrey Archer.

What I found effective in my classes was giving students choices as to which books they want to read. Then I give very minimal assignments to go with it, but I make sure we have small group discussions where they get to share what it is they are reading. This way, students are focused on the story itself, and not just on fulfilling the assignments for their grades.

Krashen is looked upon as an authority by many on literacy, and during my MA classes, he was often referred to by my mentors at Grad school. I’ll find you more substantial info on him and his work.

‘Hope this has been of help.

Hedda

]]> By: Ed (NEWEYES) http://www.heddatan.com/the-relationship-between-reading-and-writing-in-the-esl-context.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Ed (NEWEYES) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:02:24 +0000 http://www.heddatan.com/the-relationship-between-reading-and-writing-in-the-esl-context.html#comment-5 Who is Krashen ? I need help to get my 16 year old nephew enjoing reading. He is new to the US from Eritria and doing fairly well in school but I know he would do much better if he would start to read something other than his class books. ed Who is Krashen ? I need help to get my 16 year old nephew enjoing reading. He is new to the US from Eritria and doing fairly well in school but I know he would do much better if he would start to read something other than his class books.
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