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What is the purpose of phonemic awareness activities?
What direction does English writing follow?
What is phoneme blending?
What should the learner do first when trying to memorize a spelling?
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What is an example of phoneme identification?
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What is phoneme deletion?
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What should the learner do if they are having trouble remembering a spelling?
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Why should phonemic awareness activities be done with known words?
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Before looking up the spelling of a word in a dictionary, what should the learner do?
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What is the goal of phoneme segmentation?
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What is the best way to develop fluency in spelling?
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What type of writing activity can help with fluency development?
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What is the topic of phonemic awareness activities?
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What should the teacher do during a ten-minute writing activity?
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How can learners get the stress in the right place when pronouncing a written word?
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What should learners do to decide how to pronounce a written form?
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Why might spelling not be a major focus for some language learners?
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What is the main goal of intensive reading?
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What is the classic procedure for intensive reading?
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What should balance be maintained in teaching spelling?
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What is the drawback of intensive reading at its worst?
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What is another goal of intensive reading?
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What should be used in conjunction with intensive reading?
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What is the benefit of intensive study of reading texts?
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What is one of the goals of intensive reading?
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What is a positive aspect of letting texts determine the language features of a course?
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What is a drawback of letting texts determine the language features of a course?
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What should the teacher ask themselves when doing intensive reading?
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What is one way to put the principle of focusing on items that will occur in a wide range of texts into practice?
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What is another way to put the principle of focusing on items that will occur in a wide range of texts into practice?
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What is a possible negative consequence of intensive reading?
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What is the purpose of translation in intensive reading?
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What do comprehension questions usually direct learners' attention to?
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What is the purpose of using carefully constructed distractors in comprehension questions?
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What is the benefit of using multiple-choice comprehension questions according to Munby?
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What is an important step in Munby's technique for comprehension training?
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What do intensive reading exercises aim to do?
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Study Notes
Phonemic Awareness Activities
- Phonemic awareness activities involve separating sounds in a word and putting them together to make a familiar word (e.g., /t/ /e/ /n/ = ten)
- Activities include phoneme blending, phoneme segmentation, phoneme isolation, and phoneme deletion
Writing Conventions
- English has specific writing conventions, such as writing from left to right
- Not all languages follow the same conventions
A Strategy for Memorising Spellings
- Close eyes and try to visualize the word
- Think of similarly spelled words
- Break the word into parts to aid memory
- Add the word to a list for spaced recall practice or place on a word card
A Strategy for Finding the Spelling of a Word
- Make an informed guess about the spelling by thinking of other known words that sound the same
- Check if the spelling fits known rules
A Strategy for Deciding how to Pronounce a Written Form
- Try the pronunciation if the word looks like known words
- Break the word into parts to get the stress in the right place
- Seek confirmation by asking someone or using a dictionary
Spelling and Fluency Development
- Fluency in spelling comes from large quantities of reading and writing, and fluency practice
- Typical writing fluency development activity: 10-minute writing on an easy topic, with no correction of spelling errors or grammatical errors
Teaching Intensive EFL/ESL Reading I
- Intensive study of reading texts can increase learners' knowledge of language features and control of reading strategies
- The classic procedure for intensive reading is the grammar-translation approach, but it should be balanced with other language-focused learning and extensive reading
- Intensive reading can have two goals: comprehension of the text and determining language features to focus on in the course
Intensive Reading Principles
- Focus on language features that occur in a wide range of texts
- Focus on strategies that can be used with most texts
- Ask "How does today's teaching make tomorrow's text easier?"
- Focus on high-frequency items and strategies that can be used with most texts
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Quiz on basic English language skills, including phonemic awareness, writing conventions, and memorizing spellings.