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An Intensive Approach to Extensive Learning

An Intensive Approach to Extensive Learning. Vicky A. Allen, M.Ed. vallen@hct.ac.ae. Fujairah Women’s College Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE. Student Profile. 18-24 year old Emirati females Some married Some with children All with family obligations Many with sporadic

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An Intensive Approach to Extensive Learning

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  1. An Intensive Approach to Extensive Learning Vicky A. Allen, M.Ed. vallen@hct.ac.ae Fujairah Women’s College Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

  2. Student Profile 18-24 year old Emirati females Some married Some with children All with family obligations Many with sporadic attendance rate All with previous failure

  3. gaps in student’s learning • previous failures • lack of motivation • lack of confidence • unwillingness to change study habits

  4. IntensiveEnglish Program (IEP) Fujairah Women’s College Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

  5. GAPS: Individual student needs • INCREMENTAL LEARNING: Building on previous knowledge • FREQUENT USE: Practice, practice, practice • ENCOURAGEMENT: cheerleading 101

  6. MoodleReader Fall semester 2012 67 students/3 classes TOTAL Words Read! 3,359,478

  7. SRA Reading 30-45 minutes per day

  8. HCT Goal = IELTS score of 5.0+ Average improvement +6.16% +13.37% +0.66% +8.22% +5.76%

  9. IELTS Results with IEP • 39%of ‘Repeating’ students passed the IELTS • 100% of those students who passed, went into the Bachelor’s program at FWC or FMC

  10. Student Feedback

  11. SUCCESS!

  12. Online References • EnglishCentral • www.englishcentral.com • M-Reader • http://mreader.org • SRA Reading 2.0 • www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com • Extensive Reading Foundation • http://erfoundation.org/ • Extensive Reading Central • http://er-central.com/

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