Way Ahead Ss

Patrick Hafenstein February 2nd, 2010Taichung

Making Things Better for You!

Way Ahead Overview


1. Pupil’s Book

2. Pupil’s CD

3. Readers x 3

4. Story Audio CD

5. Workbook

6. Practice Book

7. Teacher’s Book

8. Teacher’s Resource Book

9. Grammar Games CD-ROM

10.www.onestopenglish.com

Learning Vocabulary


What do you do to help students remember

vocabulary?

DecisionMaking Tasks

ProductionTasks

Games &Activities

But is that how native

speakers learn?

Nagy & Herman (1987) claimed that children between grades three and twelve (US grade levels) learn up to 3000 words a year. It is thought that only a small percentage of such learning is due to direct vocabulary instruction, the remainder being due to acquisition of words from reading.

Language in Context


Word frequency


There are approximately 750,000 words in the English Language. The average native speaker knows around 45,000 words. The 2,500 most frequently used words we use 80% of the time. You need around 7,500 words to sound fluent.

What is the goal of language learners?


RED

BLACK

Top 2500most frequently used words

2501 – 5000most frequently used words

5001 – 7500most frequently used words

tall /adj

sandwich /noun

hobby /noun

Which words are NOT red?


At the factory, the cotton is first combed, then it is made into long threads. This is called spinning. Some of the threads are dyed blue, then machines are used to weave them with white threads to make cloth. The cloth is called denim.Way Ahead 5 – Unit 8 – Lesson 3

Which words are NOT red?


At the factory, the cotton is first combed, then it is made into long threads. This is called spinning. Some of the threads are dyed blue, then machines are used to weave them with white threads to make cloth. The cloth is called denim.Way Ahead 5 – Unit 8 – Lesson 3

After reading ‘A Clockwork Orange’ which contains 241 ‘nadsat’ words (invented language) repeated on average 15 times, students were tested on the meaning of these words & the average score was 76%. Students learnt the words from context. Saragi, Nation, Meister (1978)

Language in Context


Which are NOT red words in the following passage?

Snowy forests increase warming. Planting trees in snowy areas may worsen global warming as their canopies absorb sunlight which wouldotherwise be reflected by the snow, a study says.Scientists have long argued that planting andpreserving forests helps reduce global warming because trees absorb carbon dioxide from theatmosphere and convert it to oxygen. Trees also assimilate water from the ground, helping to form clouds that shield the earth from sunlight.

Source: BBC Online


Source: BBC Online


Source: BBC Online

2500 5000 7500 Not red

ExtensiveReading large quantities of material or long texts for global or general understanding with the intention of gaining pleasure from the text.

IntensiveReading a text in detail with the intent to understand all structures, lexis and text organisation and at the same time developing reading skills.

Extensive vs. Intensive Reading


Intensive Reading


Extensive Reading


Intensive or Extensive Reading?

1.Teachers designate times for reading.

2.There is a wide variety of materials & topics.

3.Students choose what they want to read & can stop reading whenever interest is lost.

4.Reading is associated with pleasure.

5.Comprehension exercises follow the reading.

6.Reading speed is slow.

7.Teachers are simply a role model & guide.

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Extensive vs. Intensive Reading


PlanInstruction

SharedReading

GuidedReading

DevelopLanguage

IndependentReading

Application

Assessment

How do I combine the teaching of Intensive & Extensive Reading?


Way Ahead Assessment


Why do we assess

students?

To evaluate progress, identify weaknesses, find out students’ like/dislikes, & see if

teaching objectives have been achieved.

Way Ahead Planning


With the information obtained from assessment we may need to adjust activities, lesson plans, learning materials, teaching approaches, move students & give feedback or extra attention.

Reading for Pleasure


As a teacher, your role is to MOTIVATE students to read

and this is the most challenging part of Extensive

Reading Although there are many benefits of

reading, that does not mean students

will read.

Sample Lesson 1 - Warmer


Sample Lesson 1 - Predict


Night Workers

Sample Lesson 1 – Guided Reading


Sample Lesson 1 – Develop Language






Chocolate

Mum

Toys

Hmmmm

Magazines

Wife

Sweet

Buy

Supermarket

Fruit

Love

Vegetables

See

Bakery

Sample Lesson 2 – Share, Guide, Develop






A B CD

E F

G H

Sample Lesson 3 - Shared


Sample Lesson 3 - Guided


Sample Lesson 3 - Shared


Sample ER Lessons


Warmers

1. Picture Focus

2. Guess the Picture

3. Draw the Picture

Prediction Tasks

1. Picture Sequencing

2. Guess the vocabulary

3. Key Word Story

Shared Reading

1. Key Word Stop

2. Error Recognition

3. Identify Key Words

Guided Reading

1. Erase it

2. 1 min. sentence turn taking

3. Emotional Reading

Develop Language

1. Guess Frequency

2. Guess Word from Meaning

3. Guess Meaning from context

Application

1. TB

2. WA Readers

Pupils developed a wideractive & passive vocabulary.

They used more varied sentencestructure & were better at

spotting & correcting grammaticalmistakes in their writing &speaking. They showed an

overall improvement in writingskills & increased confidence &

fluency in speaking. (Davis1995 p.330)

Research Suggests…


When (second language learners)read for pleasure, they can

continue to improve in their second language without classes, without teachers, without study &

even without people to converse with.(Krashen 1993 p.84)

Research Suggests…


Any Questions?


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