I worry that using oral reading in this way sends students the message that "good" reading entails "good" pronunciation (rather than meaning making).  There is so much research about miscues that suggests that good readers often miscue (in meaningful ways).

Elsa Auerbach

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	I have done repeated readings with students.  I pick a reading that is short and is at or below the language level of the student.  I read it first, the student reads it.  After recording, we listen and a talk about what is wrong.  Example:  Student doesn’t know about contractions, etc..  We work on contractions and missed vocabulary.  The student does another reading of the same information and we play back the recording so we can hear how they have done.  We may do this 3 times.  Students love to see improvement and it is a great assessment tool.  It is part of a reading fluency strategy, but can be used for language learners as while as for reading improvement.

	 

	 

	 

	 

	Barbara Sabaj
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	Has anyone ever tape-recorded student presentations or dialogues and then used them so that the students could assess themselves?  I am hesitant in doing this out of concern over the student feeling that the sole purpose would be to mock him.  Any suggestions or comments on this sort of assessment and my and hesitations?

	 

	Thank you.

	 

	Alison Cochrane

	ESL Instructor

	New York, NY

	 

	Knowledge is the seed that exists in all of us.
	It is up to us to cultivate that seed.
	There is no such thing as a stupid seed.
	Just as there is no such thing as a stupid person.

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