Dr Rob Waring This presentation introduces the completely new webbased Compass Media Reading Oceans series of graded readers This exciting new 600 title series at 30 levels with 20 phonics stories and 50 nursery rhymes will be a perfect complement to any kinderelementary course The presentat ID: 439482
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Oceans of fun while reading online
Dr. Rob WaringSlide2
This presentation introduces the completely new web-based Compass Media Reading Oceans series of graded readers. This exciting new 600 title series at 30 levels with 20 phonics stories and 50 nursery rhymes will be a perfect complement to any kinder-elementary course. The presentation will show how multi-media reading online materials in our new digital reading age can vastly improve the reading experience and improve their digital literacy.Slide3
What is Extensive Reading?
Fast, fluent reading of enjoyable language-rich texts
Focus on comprehension, not studyFew, if any, testsThe aim is to practice already learnt language and make access faster and more automatic
Thus the texts should be easySlide4
Why read?
A rich variety of input
User determined pacePossibility for re-readingA foundation skill for studying and practicing a language
Vocabulary growth
Pattern recognition awarenessSlide5
Why read online?
Kids nowadays are digital nativesThey need to be digitally literateMulti-skill environmentsRich enhanced multi-tasking with enhanced environmentsSlide6
Levels of reading
Decoding
– being able to work out what the words mean and how to say them (sub-vocally)Literal reading
– surface understanding – facts and details often tested with multiple-choice
what,
where,
when,
who
questions about what was explicitly stated in a text
Inferential / interpretive reading
– ‘reading between the lines’ about things unstated - taps into prior knowledge, make educated guesses, compare, classify. Often tested with
why
,
what if
,
how
.
Evaluative reading
–taking what was said and what was meant, analyze and synthesize it and apply it to other situations –
why is this important
, connecting to one’s own life, evaluating character’s statementsSlide7
Graded readers
are GRADED
Phonics Easy vocab More difficult vocab
Easy grammar More difficult grammar
Native
booksSlide8
But be careful…
Students should read at the right levelMost native texts are too difficult for most learners
Native texts assume vocabulary of 5000 words and a deep understanding of grammar prior to readingSlide9
Students need …
A carefully programmed learning environment: initial decoding and encoding through phonics
deepening this with decodable reading expand it in entertaining and unique ways
enriching their reading in a stepped reading environmentSlide10
What is Reading Oceans
Online extensive reading program containing3-D animated nursery rhymes and songs
Complete phonics course with 70 decodable readers600 stories from a wide range of genre at 30 levels of difficultyRead, listen or watchComprehension check follow-up
Learner management system allows teachers to track each student
Placement Level Test and achievement testsSlide11Slide12
Log in Slide13Slide14Slide15
The menusSlide16
Log in Slide17
Placement test
Flashcard testEnglish to Korean receptive test
Reading Comprehension test -> Test resultsSlide18Slide19Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide26Slide27Slide28Slide29Slide30Slide31Slide32Slide33Slide34Slide35Slide36Slide37Slide38Slide39Slide40Slide41Slide42Slide43Slide44Slide45Slide46
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