Hi Everyone, I'm very happy to be here. My name is Kevin and I'm a high school English teacher here in Japan. I used to blog a lot and sometimes write short stories for English language learners. I also am interested in basic reading research. So I was thinking about combining all of this together to try and put together a sample chapter of a book which contains: 1) a very short story of 500-1000 words with ~90% of the vocabulary consisting of the most frequent words of English 2) two to three pages of theory about how reading skills are developed and how reading the short story can help develop those skills 3) a series of activities to be used in lessons, or by a parent with their child, or by a group of friends which is also based on the theory in part 2. The completed chapter will, I hope, be about 8 to 10 pages and will serve as the template for the rest of the book. I'm also really excited to spend time with other teachers who are interested in material development and...
Backseat proofreading. Number three in the questionnaire should be 'slimer', right? Unless you are combining slimy English with dieting English!
ReplyDeleteHaha, thanks :D
ReplyDeleteNice! Do you think " time" and "materials needed" are worth adding to the activities or are they too complicated? Irrelevant?
ReplyDeleteBarbi Bujtas this is something my students would enjoy!
ReplyDeleteKate Cory-Wright
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right :)
I haven't really decided how flexible the plans should be.
Laura Perrotta Thanks, I hope so :)
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