An Intensive
Approach to
Extensive
Learning
Vicky A. Allen, M.Ed.
vallen@hct.ac.ae
Fujairah Women’s College
Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
18-24 year old
Emirati females
Some married
Some with children
All with family
obligations
Many with sporadic
attendance rate
All with previous
failure
• gaps in student’s learning
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•
•
•
previous failures
lack of motivation
lack of confidence
unwillingness to change study habits
Intensive English Program (IEP)
Fujairah Women’s College
Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
• GAPS:
Individual student needs
• INCREMENTAL LEARNING:
Building on previous
knowledge
• FREQUENT USE:
Practice, practice, practice
• ENCOURAGEMENT:
cheerleading 101
Fall semester 2012
67 students/3 classes
TOTAL Words Read!
3,359,478
23,224
Average
Speak Points
361
(24,000 required)
160
Average
Words
Learned
Average
Videos
Watched
(200 required)
(60 required)
SRA Reading
30-45
minutes
per day
HCT Goal = IELTS score of 5.0+
6.00
Average improvement
+6.16%
+13.37%
+0.66%
+8.22%
+5.76%
5.00
4.00
Fall
2012
Prior to IEP
After IEP
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
Listening
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Band
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
Student Feedback
My English skills
have improved…
Overall, the IEP course was...
Not
helpful
9%
Not at
all
7%
Some
31%
Very
much
62%
Helpful
60%
Very
helpful
31%
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/