reading aloud

[jessen100]

i started making some JHS 2nd years start doing it in class. they stand up and read. so far successful.
things that they have not read before (or so i would assume) think the 1st graders should start doing this too?

i do

there was some conversation written in our textbook discussing that its good practice, that me and the JTE read, so once we finished that without warning, i just said to my JTE lets make them read aloud, and we did. and it was good.

[junkdna]

reading aloud is important as they get very little realistic listening practice as it is. granted reading aloud is nothing like real conversation, but in lieu of it, it's light years ahead of just sitting and reading it silently.

good for you. making them stand up is good too.

[Meat]

My Ichinensei teacher makes the kids read aloud frequently. From the textbook.

And I cry inside as they do this.

First, read together, one sentence read by him (or me) they repeat. After that, they get in pairs and read it to each other. Then some pairs volunteer to read it in front of the class.

This dull exercise gets us through a lot of the lessons. (I should note, not MY lessons, as I go with him to some of his grammar lessons too.)

[jessen100]

i was referring to them not repeating anything theyve heard. we do repeating often too, but im working on getting that out of the system.

[Otaku]

Supplimental finger-reading!!! When did this ol' art die? I try to get my kids to always follow along with their fingers when they are reading. Not only does that help the students visually track where they are, but it's also a sign to the teacher to know where students are getting stuck at.

[junkdna]

Supplimental finger-reading!!! When did this ol' art die? I try to get my kids to always follow along with their fingers when they are reading. Not only does that help the students visually track where they are, but it's also a sign to the teacher to know where students are getting stuck at.

yes, yes, yes, yes!

[junkdna]

i was referring to them not repeating anything theyve heard. we do repeating often too, but im working on getting that out of the system.

well there's a right and wrong way of going about it to be sure.

[Paul]

Might I suggest here for variety and learning the material in a different manner.......shadowing!

It works very well and the kids have fun with the different speeds, slow, medium, fast, and light speed.

Dont get stuck on exact pronunciation, dont let the kids get ahead of you, but keep to a class orientated pace at first and listen carefully. They will pick up what you are saying faster, and many kids who have poor reading skills will be able to manage their way through a page of text better and more accurately that just the "old school" repetition.

Here is how I do the reading exercises...listen, with books closed, as some T&F questions or yes/no. Open the books, read it once myself. Have them read it after me, translate the material with them doing the translating by bits and pieces if necessary, and with the JTE's help if you can't speak enough Japanese.

Then the shadowing. The kids like it, and I find that if you are looking for loudness and participation the threat alone of having to stand up and read it is enough to get them to participate. Then again if they screw up and do it quietly.....45 minutes of standing wakes them up, oh and ensure them buggers hold up the textbooks too. Volume level changes!

[Otaku]

Interesting idea...I've heard of shadowing when training to be a translator but not in the English classroom. hhhmm....

[Paul]

Interesting idea...I've heard of shadowing when training to be a translator but not in the English classroom. hhhmm....

I have found that it works well for giving some of the lower level learners a confidence boost. By going through the steps that I gave an example of earlier even many of those students enjoy the challenge of trying to keep up.

I have asked for volunteer from kids who didn't usually read out loud in class before and after a couple or few shadowing runs I ask them to read the page, generally speaking they get through the page a hell of a lot quicker than if they were only doing the same boring assed read and repeat.

It's fun too....

[junkdna]

Speech shadowing... interesting.

"SPEECH shadowing is an experimental task in which the subject is required to repeat (shadow) speech as he hears it. When the shadower is presented with a sentence, he will start to repeat it before he has heard all of it. The response latency to each word of a sentence can therefore be measured." from Nature.com

[Paul]

Speech shadowing... interesting.

"SPEECH shadowing is an experimental task in which the subject is required to repeat (shadow) speech as he hears it. When the shadower is presented with a sentence, he will start to repeat it before he has heard all of it. The response latency to each word of a sentence can therefore be measured." from Nature.com

Sorry but you get Karma from me for that. Oh and btw I will check out that link more thoroughly later, thanks again!