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Vicky A. Allen, M.Ed. [email protected] Fujairah Women’s College Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE An Intensive Approach to Extensive Learning
Vicky A. Allen, [email protected]
Fujairah Women’s CollegeHigher Colleges of Technology, UAE
An Intensive Approach to
Extensive Learning
18-24 year old Emirati females
Some married
Some with children
All with family obligations
Many with sporadic attendance rate
All with previous failure
Student Profile
• gaps in student’s learning• previous failures• lack of motivation• lack of confidence• unwillingness to change study habits
Intensive English Program (IEP)
Intensive English
Program
Extensive Reading
Extensive Vocabular
y
Extensive Speaking
Extensive Listening
Fujairah Women’s CollegeHigher Colleges of Technology, UAE
• FREQUENT USE: Practice, practice, practice
• ENCOURAGEMENT: cheerleading 101
• GAPS: Individual student needs
• INCREMENTAL LEARNING: Building on previous knowledge
Fall semester 201267 students/3 classes
TOTAL Words Read!3,359,478
MOODLEREADER
23,224 Average
Speak Points(24,000 required)
160 Average Videos
Watched(60 required)
361 Average Words
Learned(200 required)
30-45 minutes per day
SRA Reading
HCT Goal = IELTS score of 5.0+
Listening Reading Writing Speaking Band0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
Prior to IEPAfter IEP
Fall 2012
Average improvement +6.16% +13.37% +0.66% +8.22% +5.76%
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
Very help-ful
31%
Helpful60%
Not helpful9%
Overall, the IEP course was...
Very much62%
Some31%
Not at all7%
My English skills have improved…
Student Feedback
SUCCESS!
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/
