students in their reading ability group. Often times‚ the fluent readers were placed in the high ability reading groups. In the past‚ our district used a reading program that gave very little focus to reading fluency and few strategies for improvement. It assessed fluency based on rate and accuracy—not prosody. The previous reading series also failed to assess the students’ comprehension after they read independently. The non-fluent readers spent so much effort on word identification; it is
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Ascham. Roger Ascham wrote about Elizabeth‚ "Her mind has no womanly weakness. Her perseverance is equal tothat of a man and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. With the help of these tutors‚ she was not only fluent in two languages‚ but in four languages. She was fluent in the languages of Greek‚ Latin‚ French‚ and Italian. When Henry died in 1547‚ her brother‚ Edward‚ took over the throne at ten years of age. Edward‚ with a short reign on the throne‚ died in 1553‚ and Elizabeth’s
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Gordon Ramsay‚ a well-known chef for many reasons. The nation either love him or loathe him. Gordon Ramsay is a very famous chef he is known for his foods to be made to perfection. He has helped and opened many restaurants in the UK and the USA. When Ramsay isn’t cooking he is well known for his foul mouth on TV shows. Many years ago chefs were stereotypical people e.g. Delia Smith she is a kind‚ caring‚ hard-working housewife. This is the same with Nigella Lawson she is known as the “kitchen goddess
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WHY NOT USE STANDARD ENGLISH ALL THE TIME? Standard English is an idealised variety that constitutes a set of norms associated with intellectualism‚ professionalism and prestige adopted by the educated speakers of English. As it is of a prescriptive nature‚ it constitutes what is deemed as the ‘correct’ use of grammar and vocabulary and often found in formal registers of language. Whilst it is most recognisable in written texts‚ Standard English also appears‚ though more variably‚ in spoken modes
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feel that they could relate to it‚ so there is a relationship between the reader and what is being read. One thing to keep in mind is that reading with fluency helps with comprehension but the focus should always be on comprehension and not speed. A fluent reader can spend more of their brain power making sense of the entire sentence. A reader with poor fluency spends so much time and effort decoding each word that they have a hard time keeping track of the meaning of the entire sentence. It can take
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relatives‚ and coworkers is not difficult. e. Finding friends and relatives has become easier f. Communicating with other from various parts or the world is simple and easy III. Social web allows information to be spread fast and fluent g. Learning about local and global news‚ sales‚ new music‚ movie reviews and so much more come from the social web. h. News and sports platforms such as CNN‚ ESPN‚ etc. use social web to post new events and articles i. “Social
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Cultural Implications of International Business Leadership & Market Screening 1. Geert Hofstede created five dimensions to assess a countries culture. When getting into international markets‚ understanding a countries culture can be the difference between success and failure. These categories include: Individualism (IDV) vs. Collectivism‚ Low vs. High Power Distance (PDI)‚ Masculinity (MAS) vs. Femininity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)‚ and Long Term Orientation (LTO). Individualism (IDV)
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requires more explanation‚ kids would automatically switch to English. When I talk to these students‚ most of them share that they are able to listen in Vietnamese‚ but speaking it is a challenge for them. Many of them express their concern in being fluent in the language as the effort of preserving their mother tongue. If language is the barrier between children and parents‚ then how can they share the emotions or feelings that require even more descriptive
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speaking spanish my parents required that at home my siblings and I could only speak spanish. They did this in order for us to retain part of our culture and be able to communicate with relatives. Another reason they did this was so that we could be fluent in two languages‚ thus enhancing the possibilities of having a higher paying job in the future. The second reason why I decided to select Spanish as my topic for this paper is because I enjoy speaking‚ writing‚ and reading in Spanish. The thing I
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they place more attention on the meaning of the overall text rather than letter-sound relationships in each word. According to Seitz & Bartholomew (2014)‚ “Fluency bridges the gap from word recognition to comprehension” (p. 22). When children are not fluent readers‚ they concentrate more on decoding and the message of the text tends to get lost. There are different ways teachers can help students enhance their fluency. Buddy-reading is one way teachers can help improve students’ fluency. This article
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