Available online at www.sciencedirect.com System 37 (2009) 652–663 www.elsevier.com/locate/system Gains to L2 listeners from reading while listening vs. listening only in comprehending short stories Anna C.-S. Chang Applied English Department‚ Hsing-Wu College‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan Received 13 August 2008; received in revised form 30 November 2008; accepted 6 May 2009 Abstract This study builds on the concept that aural–written verification helps L2 learners develop auditory discrimination
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The transactional reader response theory uses the text and the response it stimulates in the reader to determine meaning in a work. Using this theory‚ the details “A Father’s Story” presents‚ and how the reader fills in the gaps determines the amount of empathy the reader has for Luke in his action of covering up Jessica’s murder. Throughout the story‚ it is presented that after Luke’s wife‚ Gloria‚ left with their children‚ he does not see the children very often. After the boys grow up and start
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Intervention Methods for Struggling Readers: An Action Research Proposal November 5‚ 2012 through March 5‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………….. .3 INTRODUCTION………………………….…………………………………………. 4 LITERATURE REVIEW………………………………………………………………6 FINDINGS ON RESEARCH ………………………………………………………….9 METHODOLOGY…..……..………………….………………………………………12 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………..16 Abstract The National Center for Education
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1) Key Points In the first chapter of The Bedford Reader‚ the techniques of narration and specific narratives are assessed. To begin‚ a definition of a narrative is clarified‚ “a narrative may be short or long‚ factual or imagined‚ as artless as a tale told in a locker room or as artful as a novel by Henry James” (40). The passages go in-depth into the process of storytelling‚ picking apart the importance of each piece‚ and allowing the reader to understand the simplicity of an essay‚ or in this
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Characters Effect on a Reader Characters dealing with a situation affect each reader differently. The characters reaction to a situation may have a reader feel exactly as the character does‚ or in some instances‚ the reader may look more at how differently they would feel in the same situation. In an attempt to answer Henry James on how characters are only as interesting as their response to the particular situation we will look at “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and “To Build a Fire”
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Becoming a flexible reader There are three important reading style that each student to be a flexible reader. Each has its own purpose‚ a student has to identify his purpose for reading and decide if he is reading or looking for specific information. The first style is Study Reading‚ this is the use when the purpose is to read difficult material at a high level of comprehension. the student should read at a rate that is slower than his normal rate‚ he must challenge himself to understand the material
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HRM Incident 1: A Degree for Meter Readers Question 1: Should there be a minimum education requirement for the meter reader job? Discuss. Yes. There should be a minimum education requirement for the meter reader job. Even though the tasks required in meter reading are relatively simple but Judy had been having considerable difficulty keeping the 37 meter reader position filled. It is true that the commitment shown to obtain educational qualifications‚ such as a high school diploma‚ may reflect
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Reader Response In the short story Bluebeard‚ there is a man who is married to an average house wife. The main part of this story is how Bluebeard leaves his house for a week or so for some reason. This results in leaving his wife all alone in Bluebeards house‚ where his wife has not seen a whole lot of it. Bluebeard gave her a key and said there is a secret closet in the house that you are permitted from. So the wife goes on searching and does not think about that one closet. However‚ her curiosity
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opinion‚ when you first handed us The Longman Reader I thought to myself how boring this book looks. They always say you can’t judge a book by it’s cover‚ but I sure did. I’m not a big fan of reading books since I don’t have much free time. The font in this book is very petite compared to other book. As I was reading this first chapter I was asking myself why someone put such simple steps in a checklist in the book. To add some positively to The Longman Reader I can say some important facts that they
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Readers have been responding to what they have read and experienced since the dawn of literature. For example‚ we have Plate and Aristotle who were concerned about audience responses and how plays generated pity and fear on them. Still‚ the audience or readers were passive. After the appearance of reader response theory‚ readers are activated. They involve themselves to elaborate the text‚ fill in the gaps and enact their experiences with the text. Most reader response critics can be divided into
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