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0521016517 - Extensive Reading Activities for Teaching Language - Edited by Julian Bamford and Richard R. Day
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Index




In this index the names of the activities are set in bold type.

Act It Out, 119–20

adjectives of personality, 125, 145

advertising books, 74–5

affect, 103

   see also attitude; motivating reading; motivation

alliteration, 180–1

amount of reading, 2, 20, 56–7, 207

Anderson, Neil J., 175–80

Anybody You Know?, 125

assessment, 86–90, 208

   see also tests

attitude

   to reading, 9–20, 99–100

   to study, 1

award scheme, 61–3


background music, 107

Bamford, Julian, 29–30, 56–7, 67–9, 75–6, 81, 177, 179–80, 209

Barfield, Andy, 13–15, 49–50, 108–9, 146–8

Barker, David Lloyd, 168

BBS (bulletin board system), 153–4

Best of Books, the Worst of Books, The, 144–6

Best Reader, The, 61–3

Blair, R. Jeffrey, 44–6

blown-up book, 50–1

Blurb and Title Match, 23–5

blurbs, 21–5

Book Box, The, 32–4

Book Clubs, 111–12

Book Flood, 48–9

bookmarkers, 174

book plugs, 60–1

Book Report Checklist, 139–40

book reports

   oral, 57, 60–1, 93–112, 208

   written, 35, 56–7, 64–5, 74–5, 79–80, 137–54, 208

Book Review Round Robin, 96–8

book reviews, 96–8, 144–6, 153–4

Bray, Eric, 71–2

Burns, Anne, 9–10, 32–4, 58–60, 167–8

Burrell, Karen Irene, 52–5


catalogs, mail-order, 42–4

certificate of merit, 61–3, 64

CGI (common gateway interface), 153

Character by the Letter, 155–6

checking up, see monitoring reading

checkout system, 32–4, 75, 206

children, see younger learners

children’s books, 33, 34–5, 50–1, 52–5, 205

Children’s Nonfiction for Adults, 34–5

Choi, Taehee, 160–2

Cloze Test, 87–8

Collecting Collocations, 202–3

collocations, 200–3

Color-Coordinated Materials, 28–31

comfort zone, 1, 28, 34

   see also levels, readability; readability

Community Language Learning, 168

competition, 62, 63–6, 106

Coxhead, Averil, 38–9, 110–11, 121–2

Cuisenaire rods, 105

Cultural Clues, 182–4

culture, 35, 42–4, 100, 168–9, 182–4


Davis, Colin, 1, 210

Day, Richard R., 70, 82, 114, 115–17, 131, 150, 158–60, 174, 180–1, 184–5, 187, 195–9, 202–3, 209

DEAR, see Drop Everything and Read

Describe and Present, 130–1

Developing Metacognitive Awareness, 175–80

dialogic reading, 53

dictation, 128–9

dictionaries, 2, 20, 128, 159, 193, 197

Different Ending, A, 164

discourse markers, 200–2

Donnes, Tony-René, 131–3

Dramatic Conversations, 115–17

dramatic readings, 113–17

Draw a Picture, 103–4

drawing, 42, 51, 103–4, 148, 150–1

Drop Everything and Read (DEAR), 48

Dupuy, Beatrice, 141–4, 151–2


Easy or Hard?, 70

E-Critic’s Corner, 141–4

Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading (EPER), 30, 32, 78, 209

encouraging reading see motivating reading

end of class, 49, 60–1

end of term (or year), 61, 71, 73, 80, 86–7, 102, 109, 126, 130

EPER, see Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading

evaluating, see assessment; tests

Evans, Simon, 94, 144–6

experiences, reading, 9–20

Exploring Personal Reading Histories, 9–10

Exploring Reading, 13–15

extensive reading

   definition of, 1

   language learning benefits of, 1

   pleasure principle of, 5–6

   ten principles of, 1–3


Farrell, Thomas S. C., 157–8

Favorite Books, 101–2

Favorite Quotation, 173–4

Find Your Level, 31–2

4/3/2 Technique, The, 95–6

Foye, Carol, 117–18

frequently asked questions, 205–10

From Character to Drama, 117–18

Fulmer, Patrick, 113–14, 123–5, 127–8, 174–5, 182–4


games, 17–20, 106, 126, 129, 164–6, 200–2

Genre Corners, 47

genres, 25–7, 32–3, 36–7, 47, 174–5, 206

   list of, 27

Genres and Titles, 25–7

Getting Acquainted, 15–17

Getting Personal, 146–8

Gifts, 156–7

graded readers, see language learner literature

Guess Who?, 126

guiding reading, 3, 48–50, 58–60, 74, 77–81

   see also oral interviews


habits, reading, 9–20

Hamilton-Jenkins, Alison, 38

Harmer, Jeremy, 116

Helgesen, Marc, 17–20, 39–41, 93–4, 103–8, 138, 150–1, 208

Here’s the News, 121–2

Hill, David R., 29, 209

Hitosugi, Claire, 163

Holdaway, Don, 51

HTML form, 141, 143–4


Identify the Books, 21–2

Identifying Idioms, 198–9

idioms, 198–9

IDs, reader, 15–16

I Know What Comes Next!, 200–2

Individual Interviews, 80–1

Individualized Vocabulary Tests, 196–8

inference, 123–4

Instant Book Report, 93–4

Interactive Reading Community, 153–4

Interactive Storybook Reading, 52–5

Internet, 37, 39–41, 76, 110, 121, 141–4, 151–4, 205

“I Read a Good Book the Other Day!”, 60–1

Ishii, Fumiko, 146

Issue Logs, 37–9

Iwano, Midori T., 79–81, 86–7, 126, 129


Jacobs, George M., 53–4, 210

Jang, Yerim, 162

Jeong, Seonkyo, 162


Kalinowska, Magda, 119–20, 139–40

Kanatani, Ken, 63–6

Kirschenmann, Jean, 34–5

Kumagai, Chikako, 179–80


Lai, Eva F. K., 120–1, 164

language learner literature, 28–30, 44, 55–6, 57, 71, 76, 80, 83, 114, 132, 169, 177, 203, 205, 209–10

Le Nguyen, Minh Tho, 131

letter writing, 148, 155–6, 158

levels, readability, 28–32, 40, 70–2, 73, 78–9, 206

   see also readability; comfort zone

library, 4, 57, 206

   organizing, 28–30, 32–4, 64–5, 71, 73, 207

   orientation to, 21–37, 47

   public, 34–7

   school, 36–7, 206

listening, 23–5, 27–8, 37–9, 47, 50–6, 57, 60–1, 80–1, 96–8, 113–17, 123–4, 126, 129

Listening Homework, 57

Literary Devices, 180–1

Little and Often, 27–8


magazines, 33, 36, 37–8, 58, 76, 145, 205

Makaafi, Jana Harper, 36–7, 87–90, 149–50, 173–4, 186–9

marathon, reading, 63–6

Mason, Judith, 38, 122

Massey, Diane, 147–8

metaphor, 180–1

Mind’s Eye, 107–8

Minidramas, 120–1

Mizuno, Kunitaro, 65, 102, 111, 153–4

modeling, 4

modifying activities, 5

monitoring reading, 3, 58–60, 77–85, 137–54, 209

   see also oral interviews

Moses, Antoinette, 114, 181, 203

motivating reading, 3, 6, 21–76, 110, 117–18, 207–8, 210

motivation

   to read, 14

   to study, 1

movies, 131–3, 148, 157–8

Movie Version, The, 157–8

Musical Chairs, 129

My Favorite Passage, 184–5

My Own Story, 167–8


narrative form, 169

Nation, Paul, 48–9, 50–1, 96

news bulletins, 121–2

newsmagazines, 121

newspapers, 33, 36, 37–8, 42, 58, 76, 121–2, 130, 145, 205

Nguyen, Thai An, 130–1

nonfiction, 34–44

Nuttall, Christine, 208


OHP (overhead projector), 4

Okiyama, Erina, 146

Once Upon a Time, 163

One a Day, 193–4

One-Minute Reading, 86–7

One-Sentence Check, 82

One-Sentence Summaries, 149–50

One-Sentence Summary Test, 88–9

Online Book Discussion Forum, 151–2

opposition, student and parent, 56, 208

oral interviews, 80–1, 84–5, 176

oral reading, see reading aloud

Ordering and Buying Books, 44–6

orientation, 3, 9–20, 207


Paced Reading, 188–9

packaging, 42, 43, 58, 130–1

parts of speech, 163

Pellowe, Bill, 49, 82–4

Picking the Top Ten, 73–4

Picture It, 150–1

pleasure principle, 5–6

poetry, 158–62

Poetry with Character, 158–60

Poster Presentations, 108–9

posters, 108–9, 145, 157–8

Prather, Donna, 155–6

predicting, 28, 51, 54, 122, 127–8

Predicting Content from Title, 127–8

principles of extensive reading, ten, 1–3

pronunciation, 57, 194

Prowse, Philip, 27–8, 47, 55–6, 57, 160

purpose of reading, 2–3


questionnaires, 10–12, 71–2

questions

   after-reading, 52–5

   before-reading, 52–5

   comprehension, 3, 83

   during-reading, 52–5

Quick Book Report Forms, 137–9

Quick Questionnaire, 71–2

quotations, 154, 173–4


Radio Serial, 55–6

random ordering of events, 123–4

rapid reading, 65

rate, 2, 20, 78–9, 86–7, 186–9

   see also rapid reading

Rate It!, 67–9

rating system, 67–9, 71–2, 73–4, 78–9

readability, 2, 20, 33, 36–7, 40–1, 177

   see also comfort zone; levels, readability; rule of hand

reading aloud, 10, 14, 20, 23–5, 27–8, 50–5, 113–17, 175–80

   explaining words while, 54

Reading and You Questionnaire, 10–12

reading community, 3, 62

Reading Diary, 58–60

Reading Homework, 56–7

Reading Lounge, 75–6

Reading Marathon, 63–6

Reading Notebook, 79–80

Reading Partners, 49–50

Reading Record Form, 77–9

Reading with Children, 50–1

Read the Book! See the Movie!, 131–3

realia, 42–4, 58–60, 130–1

   list of, 42, 58, 130

Real-World Reading Project, The, 42–4

record keeping, see monitoring reading

Reiss, Patricia, 156–7

Renandya, Willy A., 95–6, 210

rereading, 51, 186–8

research, 1, 49

reward proximity hypothesis, 62

rhetorical devices, 180–1

Robb, Thomas N. (Tom), 57, 143–4

Rodrigo, Victoria, 99–100

role model, teacher as, 3, 60–1

role plays, 51, 117–22

rule of hand, 36–7, 206


scanning, 2, 36–7, 37, 40

Schmidt, Ken, 10–12, 23–7, 31–2, 60–1, 67–9, 77–9, 84–5, 96–8, 101–2, 137–9

search engines, 39–41

Sentence Detective, 164–6

serial story, 55–6

Shameem, Nikhat, 38

Shared Dictation, 128–9

Sheltered Reading on the Internet, 39–41

sign-out form, 34

Silva, Anthony, 193–4

simile, 180–1

skills, reading, 50–1, 173–85

skimming, 2

small groups, definition of, 4

Snow Andrade, Maureen, 15–17

Speed Answering, 89–90

SSR, see Sustained Silent Reading

stickers, colored, 28–30, 79

Stimulating Ads, 74–5

stories, traditional, 168–9

Story and Me, The, 99–100

storybooks, 50–5

Storytelling Sticks, 105

strategies

   learning, 58–60

   reading, 175–80

   reading strategy list, 177–8

summaries, 37–9, 64–5, 82, 88–9, 137–54, 160–2

Surfing the Library, 36–7

Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), 3, 48, 207–8


Talking about Books, 84–5

targets, reading, 49–50, 77–9, 207

Taylor, Jeremy, 164–6, 200–2

Tell Me a Story, 168–9

tests

   placement, 31

   post-, 32

   pre-, 32

   vocabulary, 194, 196–8

   see also assessment

texts

   choice of, 2, 20

   real-world, see realia

   self-selection of, 2

   student-written, 167–8, 205

   types of, 33, 36, see also genres

   variety of, 2

thesauruses, 197

think-aloud protocols, 175–80

Timed Repeated Readings, 186–8

Title Treasure Hunt, 26

Too Many Questions, 106

toothpicks, 105

Touch of Haiku, A, 160–2

translation, 112, 198

trigger questions, 13–15


Ur, Penny, 56, 116, 203


visualization, 107–8

vocabulary, 1, 2, 37–9, 42–4, 52–5, 110–11, 138–9, 146–8, 158–63, 168–9, 173–4, 177–8, 180–1, 184–5, 191–204

   assessment, 194, 196–8

   cards, 193–4, 196

   incidental learning of, 194, 195

   journals, 195, 196

   sight, 187

Vocabulary Discussion Groups, 196

Vocabulary Journal, 195


Watson, Janet, 37–9, 112, 168–9

Weekly Reading Review, 110–11

What Do You Think?, 17–20

What Kind of Book Are You Reading?, 174–5

What Next?, 123–4

Where’s the Drama?, 113–4

Winskowski, Christine, 42–4

words, see vocabulary

Written Book Check, 82–4


Yamamoto, Chika, 150

Yamanaka, Junko, 21–2, 28–31, 73–4, 74–5

Yamazaki, Miwa, 162

young adult literature, 76, 205

younger learners, 50–1, 56, 61–6, 121

Yu, Vivienne, 61–3





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