Reading Eyes Wide Shut: Visualization, Language Learners, and Texts

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Cover of  English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1

Using an excerpt from a Jack London story as an anchor text, the authors describe five strategies designed to help students “see” what they are reading; the visualization strategies can “promote active engagement [with the text] both for enjoyment and for learning.”

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Spencer Salas; Brian Keith Williams; Maryann Mraz; and Soufiane Adrane

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Cover of  English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1

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English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1

This issue offers advice for accommodating students with learning disabilities, helping learners visualize texts, and using movie dubbing to aid students’ pronunciation, along with tips for understanding fast speech, creating interesting multiple-choice questions, teaching narrative elements … and m