THE ISSUE OF READING: A brief introduction to relevant concerns
What is reading? It is certainly not just pronouncing words that come one after the other in a sentence, not just going through sentences in a paragraph or paragraphs in a text. This is just the process.
The essence of reading is a much more complicated issue, depending on factors such as age, personal development, varying degrees of experience, culture, levels of prejudice, education, political beliefs, personal mood at the time of reading and, I guess, several others.
Two examples to illustrate my point: comprehension and attitude towards the messages of a specific text Διαβάστε περισσότερα «THE ISSUE OF READING: A brief introduction to relevant concerns»
MEMORIES FROM LEARNING ENGLISH: Reflections on the listening skills development
I still remember what it was like when time for listening activities came in class in the private school where I learnt English. The word that occurred to me immediately was ?No? but, of course, I never uttered it, partly because it was considered inappropriate for a student to object to their teacher?s choices thirty-five years ago but mostly because I felt ashamed at the thought that once more I might not be able to understand a word!
Was I to blame? Now that I have been an English teacher myself for twenty years, I can certainly answer, ?No!? Διαβάστε περισσότερα «MEMORIES FROM LEARNING ENGLISH: Reflections on the listening skills development»
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