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INVESTIGATION OF INTERACTIONAL ONLINE READING STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY OF IRANIAN POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
As stated by Strevens (1977) and Wallace et al. (2010), reading is one of the most important components of language learning. There can be improvement in learning as long as the learners increased their reading habits. Wallace (2010) and Nuttall (2005) believe that the reason for difficulty learning language is reading texts. “Reading is one of the most important activities in language classes” (Kirby & Savage, 2008). Strevens (1977) also emphasized the importance of reading to learners for two reasons: First, this skill provides learners the access to a language experience. The second reason is to Continue reading...

1. Previewing (SPEAKING)

WHY: This strategy helps the students to recognize different structures of texts, identify signal words, develop their analytical skills.
HOW: The teacher chooses the text with a big headline and asks the students what the article will be about basing on the headline.

WHEN: The strategy will be especially helpful as a pre reading task.

2. Contextualizing ( SPEAKING)

WHAT: Discussing the context of the text to be read.

WHY: This strategy will help to arouse interest in the text among students.
HOW: Before reading the text “Modern Airlines” the teacher asks the students what airlines they usually travel with, what are their favorite airlines.

WHEN: The strategy can be applied for pre-reading tasks.

3. Visualizing. ( WRITING/COMPREHENSION)
WHAT: Visualizing the gist of the text by different means: in Continue reading...

First day

The first few pages of the book presented the author’s impoverished childhood. It reminded me of the war-ravaged Europe when WWI came to an end. It was saddening that the author had to live during that difficult time in history, and have a father like his who did nothing to alleviate their family’s suffering. I was hooked and continued with enthusiasm as I was eager to learn how the story will unfold and lead to the death of Angela, who turned out to be the author’s mother.

Second day

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Success is what all students want. When one joins school at whatever level, the primary aim is for the student to come out of the school having completed successfully the whole process of schooling. Although this is the primary concern to all the students, success sometimes proves to be elusive to some of the students. There are various aspects that can boost the chances of emerging victorious upon completion of schooling. Some of the issues may vary from one student to the other as well as from the level of education to another. However, two fundamental aspects can lead Continue reading...

“The medium is the message”, is a famous quote that Marshal McLuhan (1) used decades ago for explaining that the channel in which the information is exposed differently influences the human mind. As the communication channels evolve, the human mind also evolves, while interacting with the new technology forms, according to Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid”. Reading, a traditional activity, is permanently adjusted to the new technology, changing the way in which people read and think. My experience with reading has changed and online reading shaped several new habits for me.
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Brenda was suffering from cancer for several years. At the age of 26 she was first diagnosed with cervical cancer. She had been leading unhealthy lifestyles apart from entangling with an offensive marriage. Later on, she was also diagnosed with breast cancer twice. After having battled with the disease for fourteen long years, suddenly one day she was told that she had only one more year to live. An inner awareness motivated her to view her disease as a gift and a new possibility. One evening while packing her things for the hospital, Brenda wondered which books she could Continue reading...

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Brief Summary

“Handy Helpers for Guided Reading” makes teachers understand that reading should be palatable for students or else the reading sessions will be useless. If the texts for the reading sessions are too difficult for the students to digest, the teacher will end up doing much of the work with a very low result for reading ability. The article also indicated some of the basic signs for the teacher to identify that the students are in a difficult situation with the text provided. It mentioned that if the students are nervous, fidget in their seats, or shows other Continue reading...

Imagining Inquiry: Extending Lessons

Description of Lesson Observed
The subject of observation was a literacy lesson taught to 2nd graders. The lesson, which is part of a unit that consists of five lessons, is a reading of Roald Dahl’s Matilda followed by an assessment of the students’ comprehension of the story. The objective of the lesson was to assess the learners’ reading comprehension of the said book through a classroom discussion guided by questioning or inquiry. To achieve this objective, the read aloud and role playing or dramatization method were applied to see how well the children understood the story.
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WRTG 101S

Digital technologies have changed the world recently. They influenced every aspect of our life: e-readers, e-book and tablets made people forget about the old things that new gadgets replaced a decade ago. More and more people use technological devices in their every-day life that is why they have substituted the ordinary things such as printed books for example. Reading habits have been drastically transformed as well. Now people are taught to read quickly and almost everywhere but losing some piece of information or ability to concentrate.
After the e-reader had became a wide-spread device, the world experienced reading expansion. Continue reading...

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The journal article entitled “Student and teacher self-efficacy and the connection to reading and writing” written by Corkett, Hatt and Benevides (2011) scrutinized how self-efficacy of teachers and students in reading and writing relates to their actual ability to deliver a task on reading and writing. The writers cited the previous study of Kim and Lorsbach (2005) explaining that students’ high self-efficacy on reading and writing is equivalent to higher literacy than those who have low self-efficacy. It also explained that self-efficacy should be complemented with enough knowledge and skills in reading and writing in order for Continue reading...