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2014 » Papers » Volume 4 » Reading Course for eLearning 1. READING COURSE FOR ELEARNING Authors: Balagiu Alina, Patesan Marioara, Zechia Dana Volume 4 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-21-232 | Pages: 26-31 | Download PDF | Abstract
Reading is one of the important skills in learning English, that can be easily studied by the student at home, in a relaxed and friendly environment. The paper shows the way we understand to develop a reading activity with pre-reading and post-reading exercises for at least a one hundred minute class, intended for intermediate or upper-intermediate university students. The main topic the activities are based on is 'Pollution'. The course was developed in order to follow some objectives:
1.Understand the main points and details of a reading text.
2.Recognize irony, cultural references and idiomatic expressions in a reading text.
3.Detect logical relationships in the readings and create mind mapping using the several sites as sources of information.
4.Evaluate a site according to several criteria.
The exercises range from definitions to vocabulary development, from skimming to scanning in order to cover a multitude of teaching/learning methods.
To use the internet for educational purposes the students have to know some things about the types of sites they visit in order to take information for their compositions, essays or projects. They have to select the sources that are reliable from a multitude of web sites, and sometimes this is a very difficult task. There is one exercise designed to help students to chose the best site for the subject they want to deal with. It should be considered as a guide for using the internet information for their work.
Other listening, writing and speaking activities could be developed from the reading part. | Keywords
reading, eLearning, web sites, pollution |
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