The Teaching of Advanced Reading Skills in Foreign Languages, with Particular References to English as a Foreign Language

Brumfit, Christopher

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“…James (1998) also suggested three principles of errors correction as quoted by (XIE and JIANG, 2007). According to Brumfit (1977), a teacher can underline the error and diagnose it by writing the appropriate symbol in the margin, can underline the error without diagnosing it, can diagnose the error without showing where it is in the line, and he can put a cross in the margin for each error. Teachers can also choose some major errors and mistakes, make a list and discuss with the students.…”

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Practicing Error Analysis Techniques to Enhance Academic Essay Writing Skills

Amjad¹

2021

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English language teachers are trying different teaching methods, approaches and techniques to improve language skills of ESL and EFL learners, and this study focused on practicing error analysis teaching techniques to enhance academic essay writing skills. This action research was conducted in order to explore the effectiveness of practicing error analysis techniques to enhance academic writing skills of intermediate level learners. A pre-test, a post-test and a feedback questionnaire were used to collect data, and it was analyzed by mixed methods. The students' results of tests, their performance during practice activities in the class and responses to the feedback questionnaire demonstrated that error analysis teaching techniques were proved very effective and successful in improving academic essay writing. Learners' experience in this class improved their knowledge, understanding and performance in error analysis and academic writing as well as increased their level of motivation and self-confidence. That was why, the learners performed well during the practice error analysis activities in the class and in the final test. All these results and responses showed better learning outcomes through practicing error analysis teaching techniques to enhance academic essay writing of the learners at intermediate level

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Practicing Error Analysis Techniques to Enhance Academic Essay Writing Skills

Amjad¹

2021

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“…39ff). However, in a research on the literature of FL extensive reading, Brumfit (1978) claimed that "the role of the extensive reader in the curriculum has been surprisingly little studied" (p. 178); and "the discussion of teaching methods is conducted at a low theoretical level if it is conducted at all" (p. 179). MacLean's (1985) bibliography of reading in a second or foreign language lists only four items on extensive reading.…”

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The Impact of Extensive Reading Programs on the Pronunciation Accuracy of EFL Learners at Basic Levels

Malmeer¹,

Araghi²

2013

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This experimental study aimed to investigate the effect of extensive reading on the pronunciation ability of EFL learners at basic levels. The proposed hypothesis predicted that the use of an extensive reading program, such as Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading (USSR), Drop Everything and Read (DEAR), or the Book Flood Approach, while nurturing a lifelong reading habit, leads to fossilization of incorrect pronunciations at basic levels. To this end,100 EFL students attending English language courses at Azad University of Kermanshah were selected using convenient sampling. Pretests were administered before the application of experimental and control treatments. The equivalence of the groups was provided by random assignment of subjects to experimental and control treatments. Also a post test was administered after the treatment. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data analyses. The mean test scores of both groups was subjected to the test of statistical significance which was a t-test. Based on the use of descriptive and inferential statistics, it was concluded that the use of extensive reading programs leads to the fossilization of incorrect pronunciations at basic levels among EFL learners.

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“…reading. Brumfit (1977), .writing of teaching advanced Without a solid theoretical basis, it is difficult to determine the most efficient way to teaching FL reading. Clarke and Silberstein (1977) attempt to develop such a framework on the basis of psycholinguistic research results, but they miss what, in our view, is an important step, namely designing and testing specific L2 reading models.…”

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Foreign language reading research: recent trends and future propects

Ulijn¹

1980

J Research in Reading

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Neither grammar-translation methods in Foreign Language learning nor the subsequent emphasis on spoken language paid sufficient attention to the im ortance of fluent reading with comprehension in a foreign lanquage. however, the introduction of new means of testing, notably by muttiple choice questions, stimulated renewed interest in the importance of foreign language reading. This resulted in refined analysis of FL reading needs and the construction of reading exercises rather than design of models or theories to account for the reading process. However, first language (Li) reading models and theories were losing their mechanical character and beginning to encompass the linguistic factors in a psycholinguistic a proach (Clark, Gibson, Goodman, Kempen, Levelt). Second and theory building and testing has started in this field also. This article reviews research done in the 70's on the graphic, morphological, syntactic, textual and semantic levels in reading. Comparisons are made with Li research and some speculation is offered on future developments which may result in more efficient teaching programmes and test devices in foreign language reading. language ( 1: 2) reading research also profited from this progress and model RESUME L a recherche sur la lecture d'une langue itrangire-quelques tendances rkentes et perspectives d 'avenirAvant 1970 la lecture d'une langue ttrangkre n'ttait que rarement considtrte comme objectif majeur et sptcifique de I'enseignement de la langue par contraste avec la littkrature. Nkanmoins, ceux qui employaient toujours les mtthodes de traduction grammaticales dkveloppaient souvent, en plus, une bonne competence en la lecture. Lii OCI, vers la fin des anntes cinquante et le commencement des anntes soixante, ces mtthodes avaient Ctt remplades par la mtthode orale la langue ii I'tcrit en gknkral a eu tendance de se faire moins remarquer. Presque au mZme temps, on a proposi de nouvelles mtthodes pour tprouver la comprehension de lecture (Lado, Valette, Clark, etc.) qui ont stimult I'examen des actes de la lecture d'une langue ttrangkre en classe. Comme illustrt par des etudes exptrimentales de Hollande, la faiblesse principale des tpreuves de lecture d'une langue Ctrangtre en est la validitt, parce qu'elles se basent rarement sur une analyse thtorique de ce qui se passe en la lecture d'une langue Ctrangi3-e. tpreuves, moitit comme reaction au syst6me oral, la lecture a ttt r q u e plus facilement comme objectif distinct de I'apprentissage d'une langue ktrang&-e. Ceci a men6 i une analyse fine des besoins de la lecture d'une langue ttrangcre et l'ttablissement de plusieurs sortes d'exercices qui concentraient sur des aspects lexicaux, grammatiques ou textuels, sans base solide en une thtorie tprouvte de la lecture en langue maternelle ( L i ) ou langue Ptrangkre (L2).De tous les modkles dtveloppts pour la lecture de Li depuis 1970, les modkles psycholinguistigues font la distinction la plus Claire entre plusieurs niveaux linguistiques: graphimique, lexical, syntactigue, simantique...

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The Teaching of Advanced Reading Skills in Foreign Languages, with Particular References to English as a Foreign Language

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

Practicing Error Analysis Techniques to Enhance Academic Essay Writing Skills

Practicing Error Analysis Techniques to Enhance Academic Essay Writing Skills

The Impact of Extensive Reading Programs on the Pronunciation Accuracy of EFL Learners at Basic Levels

Foreign language reading research: recent trends and future propects

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