Forum: English Questions 
Sep 6th, 2006, 03:26 am
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Views: 33,561  Re: How Does Reading Help Speaking?
Yes reading with a teachers guidance is constuctive. But I think reading alone is very helpful too.
Reading outside of a controlled environment, allows a student to become aware of their limitations...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 25th, 2006, 02:33 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 33,561 Re: How Does Reading Help Speaking?
Hi
That was an interesting post.
I can see how for acquiring vocabulary and for testing that acquisition, a list of words and their translation into users first language would be more effective...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 23rd, 2006, 08:09 pm
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Views: 4,035 Re: Local or World News?
HI
Thanks for your opinions.
Yeah there is a famous Jason Byrne. I think he is fairly big in Ireland and the UK. I have never seen him.
I googled Jason Byrne once and was a bit depressed to find...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 23rd, 2006, 04:51 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,035  Local or World News?
Hello
What is best. News and Sports from your own country or News and Sports from UK and USA newspapers? Which would you prefer to read?
EDIT: Please keep site promotion in your...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 21st, 2006, 11:06 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 33,561 Re: How Does Reading Help Speaking?
Reading can be applied in many ways.
1. Its the mental process. Seeing how words collocate (fit together). Seeing the structure of a sentence. This helps them to build their own sentences and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 17th, 2006, 09:36 pm
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Views: 6,150 Re: Newspaper Lessons
Hi
Thanks for your comments about
http://www.jamaby.com
I can`t give away all my secrets I`m afraid :) But the word list is based upon similar academic research to what Graded Readers and Text...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 8th, 2006, 03:15 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,150  Newspaper Lessons
Depending upon your teaching situation, you may from time to time use newspapers as the basis for a discussion and/or reading class.
My method is to set the reading as homework. The class time is...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 8th, 2006, 03:01 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 33,561 Re: How Does Reading Help Speaking?
The answer is yes!
Reading is probably the best way to learn new words and how the new words connect to other words. Learning these new words helps you to speak more clearly about more subjects.
It...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 8th, 2006, 02:58 am
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 5th, 2006, 09:22 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 17,416 Re: How can I improve my speaking?
My answer is a little different.
Of course you have to speak to improve speaking.
BUT...
You should read and write as well.
I know it sounds strange. But when you read you learn how the words all...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 5th, 2006, 09:13 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,047 Re: Speaking like a native
Yes its possible. A good idea is to feel the language by living it in your own home.
English TV, Movies, podcasts, Newspapers, Magazines, writing, friends ...
Absolutely everyday. All the time....
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Aug 5th, 2006, 07:47 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,580 Secret To Reading
http://www.jamaby.com
All the readings here are automatically checked for difficulty and updated every day or hour. Free Reading. Have a look.
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