Whole Class Reading (WCR) for the purposes of this post refers to using any modality of reading instruction with the entire class at once, including the various types (yes, plural) of reading instruction detailed in the Reading chapter of TPRS With Chinese Characteristics, which apply (really!) to all languages. 1. Whole Class Reading is boring. […]
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10 Myths about Whole Class Reading
Posted by Terry Waltz on September 12th, 2016
Posted in NCIS: Not CI Stuff, Reading 
Tags: FVR, targeting, whole class reading 
Comments Off on 10 Myths about Whole Class ReadingIs “free” reading what it’s really worth?
Posted by Terry Waltz on October 25th, 2011
Free-reading is great. Everyone wants a classroom library. Everyone wants to have kids sitting quietly, absorbed in authentic materials in the target language. But is it the best use of acquisitional time for a novice-level learner? I say no. Because free reading is less-than-100%-comprehensible immersion. I am thinking of novice-level learners here: first- or possibly […]