Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h5UNuMC01279; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:56:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:56:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000001c33f63$06514f10$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2896] RE: Repurposed media : What's available for beginning readers? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1279 Lines: 32 The Oregonian newspaper has a News 101 feature every Wednesday where they re-write a couple of stories from that day's paper in easier English and then ask questions about them. There are also a couple of activities encouraging people to find articles about [xxx] or to find the answers to some questions in the newspaper. It's really geared to native literacy, but seems like it could be used for ESL purposes as well. I've not used it much, nor am I aware of any statistics they may have about usage or effectiveness. Sylvan Rainwater . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Family Literacy Coordinator Clackamas County Children's Commission/Head Start Oregon City, Oregon -----Original Message----- From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of lisa Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 3:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2893] Repurposed media : What's available for beginning readers? <SNIP> * Are there other commercial publishing operations involved in creating or repurposing material for this market? I can't help but wonder whether there are regional publications that have been repurposed as well.. I've often thought that some students might respond to local news more enthusiastically than they do to fiction.
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