[etni] Re: Extensive reading

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The Extensive reading business is difficult. Many students see movies and don't 
even bother to read the Hebrew. So the list you'd have to make is VERY long. 
BTW they could have read the latest Harry Potter, because the Hebrew is not out 
yet.

Frankly it really has become a writing activity and NOT reading for most kids. 
My own sons rarely did any reading. Often they "borrowed" book tasks from 
friends in other schools. That is why MY students did theirs in class, with a 
copy of the book in question on the table. No other way to assure the task is 
done by the kids. 

If literature were a serious part of the Bagrut, maybe we could demand more. 
But as it is now, the reading comprehension aspect has taken over. 

On the positive side, most of the kids that do 5 pt. Bagrut are prepared for 
university academic reading. I was told recently that most entering students 
testing intermediate or upper-intermediate levels at university. 
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Keep in touch, Gail Shuster-Bouskila

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