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Extensive Reading Project (ERP) is in News

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Team Extreme-RCYCI Media Center​ Attachments area Preview YouTube video 2016 RCYCI MARCH 2 MINUTE ARABIC NEWS Add caption 2016 RCYCI MARCH 2 MINUTE ARABIC NEWS Dear All, ​ Please find below the web links for the February 2016 edition of the '2 minute Campus News video’ in Arabic and English. The news capsule highlights noteworthy news and events of the Royal Commission Yanbu Colleges & Institutes (RCYCI)​. Please click on the links below to view:​  Arabic version of ‘2 minute Campus News’​ ​​ https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=OF00jLFSoGM&feature=em- share_video_user English version of ‘2 minute Campus News’ ​​ https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gLSOs-Gq55c&feature=em- share_video_user ​Update yourself about the latest at RCYCI in just 2 minutes. For details of these news items and more, please see the next edition of RCYCI newspaper – The Ro’yah (meaning ‘the vision’)

Blended Learning: make your learning more reflexive

ACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES

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ACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES Students  solve  problems,  answer  questions,  formulate  questions of their own,  discuss ,  explain, debate , or  brainstorm  during class Research has shown that knowledge retention can be significantly increased by creating a welcoming environment and incorporating active learning strategies into your teaching. (Blumberg, P. (2008) Learning is not a spectator sport – students do not learn much just by sitting in class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.  ( Chickering , A &  Gamson , Z. F. (March 1987) Seven principles for good practice. AAHE Bulletin 39: 3-7. )  Active Techniques: Think-pair-share (pair-share) • Role playing, Simulations • Muddiest point/clearest point • Group quizzing • Generate lists •
Extensive Reading Project  Introduction:                       E xtensive Reading Project (ERP) at YIC 2015-16   The Extensive Reading Project (ERP) is implemented at ENG 001 and ENG 002 level at ELCY as it has a number of benefits: The Extensive Reading Project can help our students to become more autonomous learners who are able to take the responsibility of their own learning process. That is, instead of responding to only immediate problems they encounter, they can consolidate their knowledge of vocabulary, fluency, and reading strategies in an ongoing and natural manner with the help of a book of their own choice. Thanks to ERP, the students spend more time learning English at their own pace. Naturally, each class has students who range in aptitude, learning styles and, without exception, in reading skills.  Extensive reading with graded readers makes it much easier to cater to learner differences in the class. More importantly, the ERP aims to enable the learners
Dictation Activ ity in My Class