Speed Readings for Spanish Learners
Author | : Eric Herman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2015-06-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781514339107 |
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This speed reading course contains thirty 400 word narrative passages in Spanish, each with 10 multiple choice comprehension questions. The quizzes are also in Spanish and at the same word level as the passages. Students will enjoy reading the stories, because the characters and plots are familiar and fun. Also found in this book is more information about the benefits of speed reading, the procedure, using the readings as a holistic assessment of acquired reading competence, and additional uses for the short stories.The primary focus of speed reading is to increase reading fluency - the ability to read fast with a general understanding. Speed reading courses have been demonstrated in research studies to be an effective and efficient means of improving reading fluency. Reading fluency enables access to more comprehensible input and greater enjoyment from reading. Speed reading builds confidence and is a good gateway and supplement to independent reading.This is a graded speed reading course, each story a little harder than the previous text, since the readings parallel those from the student book "Spanish New Mini-stories for Look, I Can Talk!" (LICT). The number of different words in a story, sentence length, and structural difficulty all slightly increase. The speed reading course is for any language learner either following LICT or any learner who already has a vocabulary of the highest frequency 300 words, e.g. level 2-4 high school students.For more information on this book and on speed reading watch the 15 minute video: https://youtu.be/n_ACaK0xwAQFor a $50 pdf version of the book with the right to make copies for your students, then please email me.