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When it comes to improving reading skills, there are several apps available that cater to different aspects of reading, such as comprehension, speed, and fluency. Here are some notable apps that can help improve reading skills:

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Reading Comprehension: This app offers graded reader books with accompanying questions to help readers understand the story. It is designed for various reading levels and aims to improve comprehension skills

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Spark Reading: This app focuses on improving reading skills through interactive and immersive stories. It provides access to a digital library with a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles, along with comprehension questions and activities to test understanding

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Reading Skills - Apps on Google Play: This app aims to help users read with greater efficiency and effectiveness by using a range of different reading skills. It provides guidance on how to read with greater focus and selectivity

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Epic!: This app gives kids unlimited access to a library of books, videos, quizzes, and more. It offers personalized recommendations and motivational badges and rewards, making reading engaging and enjoyable for kids

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Prodigy English: This app is designed to help kids learn and grow through personalized lessons and a self-paced reading curriculum. It aims to make learning an adventure for kids

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Top 5 Reading Apps for kids | Both Android & iOS | 2023 |

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These apps cater to different age groups and reading levels, providing a range of features to enhance reading skills. Whether it's comprehension, fluency, speed, or general reading improvement, these apps offer engaging ways to support and guide readers in their journey to becoming proficient readers.

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The teaching of grammar and vocabulary is an important process in the course of an educational and epistemological program for effective English language learning. The design of teaching strategies, a method followed by a theory, determination of objectives, curriculum design, curriculum programming, assembly of checklists, selection of materials and lesson planning are marked as the mandatory steps that an English teacher must follow to provide quality learning.

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When teaching vocabulary and grammar, the goal is to ensure that the student can develop the four basic skills to learn the language. For this, it is important to choose between the four types of methods, that is, the grammatical translation method, the direct method, the audio-linguistic method, and the of communicative language teaching. The success of teaching grammar and vocabulary and the effectiveness of their use by students depends largely on the method. If the method is not effective, learning will be fatally flawed.

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To select the specific material to learn grammar and vocabulary, we must investigate the necessary methods for each case. To teach vocabulary we can use the keyword method, word map, restructuring of reading materials, root analysis, etc.; To teach grammar we can use Grammar Syllabus, Structural Syllabus, Situational Syllabus and Notional-Functional Syllabus.

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The commonly used materials are:

textbooks

Workbooks

reference books

teacher's manuals

complementary materials

recovery materials, etc.

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How to get students to speak: grammar and vocabulary

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Azam, Azmi. (2014). Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary. JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN LINGUISTICS. 2. 61-79. 10.24297/jal.v2i1.2009.

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Authentic materials provide learners with exposure to language as it is used in real-life situations, helping them develop skills for authentic communication.

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Authentic materials often reflect the cultural context in which the language is used, giving learners valuable insights into the customs, traditions, and perspectives of the target culture.

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Authentic materials can be more engaging and motivating for learners, as they are often more interesting and relevant than artificial or simplified materials.

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Authentic materials expose learners to a variety of language forms, styles, and registers, helping them develop a more comprehensive understanding of the language.

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Authentic materials provide learners with the opportunity to encounter language in its natural form, including colloquial expressions, slang, and idiomatic phrases.

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Authentic materials often present learners with linguistic challenges, such as unfamiliar vocabulary or complex sentence structures, which can help them develop their language skills.

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Using authentic materials helps prepare learners for real-world language use, such as reading newspapers, watching movies, or interacting with native speakers.

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Authentic materials can stimulate critical thinking skills as learners analyze and interpret real-world language use in context.

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Exposure to authentic materials can support language acquisition by providing learners with meaningful input that contributes to their overall language development.

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Overall, using authentic materials in teaching can enhance the learning experience by providing learners with valuable exposure to real-life language use and cultural insights.

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AUTHENTIC MATERIALS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH

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AUTHENTIC MATERIALS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH- DAVID PETRO. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Wdn_fhK2w&t=11s

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Reading comprehension is an essential component to schools’ language arts programs. It is an important skill that students need to master beginning in the early years, particularly kindergarten and grade 1.

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Developing receptive skills can be particularly challenging especially when communicating with a fluent or native speaker.

A clear purpose for reading and an ability to monitor and adjust their reading to serve that purpose

Word attack skills that allow them to accurately, automatically decode words

Vocabulary knowledge and oral language skills that help them understand the meaning of words and sentences

Background knowledge, including content knowledge and literacy knowledge

Thinking and verbal reasoning skills such as drawing inferences

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Characteristics of a Good Reader -  Reading & Literacy Educational Video for Elementary Students

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The use of authentic materials to improve grammar in foreign language is the right decision for the educative community because changes monotonous education into interesting education.

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Task-Based Reading Activities Using Authentic Materials and Skills

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Thanks to these materials, teachers can choose a variety of resources to provide a specific vocabulary through reading, mentioned vocabulary is necessary to be used to avoid confusion in the learning of a foreign language. Especially in conversations with native English speakers.

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Using authentic materials in teaching second.foreign language vocabulary

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Using authentic materials in teaching second.foreign language vocabulary - Descargar como PDF o ver en línea de forma gratuita

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Here Professors have a big responsibility because they are responsible for suggesting or recommending material according to the learning objectives. I could say that they are an information filter and have the capacity to adapt this information as well as possible to obtain good results.

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American English. (2022). Task-Based Reading Activities Using Authentic Materials and Skills. [Video File] Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXPzKa2_-y4

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Agathokleous, E. (2019). The Use of Authentic Materials in Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary. Grin. https://www.grin.com/document/1007718