Participants and Procedure: 45 Graduate students (43 males, 2 females) at a
national university in Kyushu do Free/Extensive Reading using this and many such
online Reading Labs during a one-semester, 90’ weekly course. To help maximize their
comprehension, enjoyment and effectiveness of online reading texts and activities, it is
greatly to the teacher’s and learners’ advantage to be able to add such features as
Text-to-Speech for Listening support (often called Extensive Reading and Listening);
Instant Glossing (Using WordChamp or Rikai.com, etc); and Vocabulary Auto-Archiving
features which both of these programs have, for later review at their own leisurely pace
without distracting them from reading enjoyment. Example Firearms Article via
WordChamp and http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm articles.
Listening-Viewing Activity: View and Discuss Movie: “Bowling for Columbine.” การแปล