[ProfessionalDevelopment 2544] Re: The "Decoding" of words, sentences, and paragraphsAndrea Wilder andreawilder at comcast.netFri Sep 26 09:45:18 EDT 2008
Steve-- This is such a good idea. Andrea:) On Sep 25, 2008, at 11:50 PM, Steve Kaufmann wrote: > I agree that this, and other information provided by Mr. Sticht, is > very interesting. > > I find that in reading Russian, which I am studying, the more > familiar I am with the subject the better I do at negotiating > meaning from sentences and paragraphs. If I am interested in the > subject, and have heard an audio file of the content, I get > momentum which helps me create meaning out of the words. > > I wonder if we should not put more effort into allowing learners to > choose content to read that they are interested in and familiar > with, and allowing them listen to a recording of it before reading. > In time the recording may cease to be necessary. > > Steve > > > -- > Steve Kaufmann > www.lingq.com > 1-604-922-8514 > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list > professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment > > Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ > Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080926/5597a581/attachment.html
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