Far off in the dim moonlit country‚ over a viaduct and down a valley‚ a train rushed along whistling like a lost metal thing‚ nameless and running. Tom went to bed shivering‚ beside his brother‚ listening to that train whistle‚ and thinking of a cousin who lived way out in the country where that train ran now; a cousin who died of pneumonia late at night years and years ago— He smelled the sweat of Doug beside him. It was magic. Tom stopped trembling. “Only two things I know for sure
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Reading involves translating symbols and letters into words or sentences. Anderson defines reading as a process of constructing meaning from a written text. We indulge in reading for many different purposes‚ be it survival‚ leisure or occupational. In a way‚ reading serves as a kind communication between the writer and the reader. The writer encodes what he or she wishes to convey while the reader decodes according to his or her own perception. Johnson quotes "A young man should read five
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The Pleasure of Books William Lyon Phelps William Lyon Phelps was a brilliant writer and teacher who treasured books and understood the significance of how the printed word can affect a person. Phelps co-taught at Harvard‚ and then moved to Yale to teach an English class full time. He was given countless awards for his strong intellect such as Life magazine doing an overview of his whole life‚ founding the Elizabeth club and more. Phelps had given the speech “The Pleasure of Books” on a radio
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Ultimately‚ Atwood and Carter intriguingly critique on the place of women in society at the time through their feminist texts (1980s) where the second wave of feminism looks beyond the right to vote due to complications arising on managing the domestic sphere and the workplace but also allow women to take control of their bodies and sexuality through for example the oral contraceptive. A contemporary feminist concern would also hold female sexuality as a prominent aspect of feminism to challenge
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Dana B. Rhodes Thomas Lovell LIT115-1N1 26 February 2013 Poetry Reading Log * “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy was written in 1973. I felt the author was describing how this woman was so engulfed in her work that she felt like she was nothing but a machine‚ something whose sole purpose was to work and produce. The sentences are very mechanical and choppy and I felt that it helped to emphasize the point of her feeling of being a piece of office equipment. She took the tools of her trade
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Extensive Reading - a Valuable Language Learning Opportunity http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/esolonline/teachers/prof_read/jeanette_grundy/home_e.php Jeanette Grundy ABSTRACT This report explores the language learning opportunities provided by Extensive Reading (ER) for ESOL students. It includes a literature review which is very positive about the role such an approach can play in both improving reading skills and developing learner language. It explores how extensive reading contributes to
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Reading Father and I by Par Lagerkvist with Narrative and Culture Repetition One of the claims that J. Hillis Miller make in his essay Narrative‚ has to do with repetition and its relationship with enjoyment. Miller points out “We enjoy imitation. For one thing imitations are rhythmic‚ orderly and it is natural for us to take pleasure in rhythmic forms.” In answering the question‚ why we need the ‘same’ story over and over again‚ Miller adds “The repetition of a rhythmic pattern is intrinsically
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instances‚ students cringe when the words "reading" and "school" are said concurrently. Fear immediately arises in most children at the sound of their teacher’s announcement that they will be reading a book in class. There are two main reasons why children dread a reading assignment: knowing that they must answer tedious questions and knowing it might be a possibility that they will read aloud. Many teachers give their classes questions over the reading in order to be confident that the students
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A REVIEW ON READING THEORIES AND IT’S IMPLICATION TO THE TEACHING OF READING Parlindungan Pardede Universitas Kristen Indonesia Abstract Opini dan masukan untuk peningkatan pengajaran membaca kepada pembelajar bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing‚ baik yang didasarkan pada hasil penelitian maupun pengalaman‚ tersedia sangat banyak dalam kepustakaan pengajaran bahasa. Tulisan ini merupakan sebuah rangkuman atas berbagai teori‚ temuan dan pendapat tentang pengajaran membaca. Pemahaman terhadap topik-topik
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Academic Reading Fifth Edition Kathleen T. McWhorter Niagara County Community College Jeanne M. Jones New York Boston San Francisco London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore Madrid Mexico City Munich Paris Cape Town Hong Kong Montreal NOTE REGARDING WEB SITES AND PASSWORDS: If you need a password to access instructor supplements on a Longman book-specific Web site‚ please use the following information: Username: Password: awlbook adopt Test Bank to accompany McWhorter‚ Academic Reading‚ Fifth
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