Mitsue Tabata-Sandom
Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
About
Mitsue Tabata-Sandom (FHEA, PhD) is a lecturer at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests include ER, especially ER for learners of Japanese, learner beliefs, teacher beliefs, and metaphor analysis. She is the main founder of a Japanese ER website called Yomimono Ippai [Lots of Stories]. Email: m.tabata-sandom@massey.ac.nzSessions
Adult Advanced L2 English learners' experiences of online ER through Xreading more
Fri, Aug 5, 09:00-09:20 Asia/Tokyo
This presentation reports the positive impacts made by online extensive reading on 14 adult learners of English. The participants who were advanced learners conducted extensive reading on Xreading for one year. The participants’ transformation from unconfident L2 readers to avid, engaged L2 readers is demonstrated by various data: their journal entries, comments given during five individual interviews, records kept on Xreading, and pre-/post-project metaphors that reflected their perceptions towards L2 reading. Specifically, seven participants read more than one million words and all of their metaphors shifted from negative to positive orientation. Furthermore, the participants made statistically significant gains in reading rates (p < .005) and vocabulary sizes (p < .0005). This presentation reports in detail, the factors that created such positive outcomes. They include the support given by the researcher, the successful routinization of L2 reading, and the Xreading factor such as the easy access to abundant intriguing graded readers.
All levels Research and Theoretical Issues more
Fri, Aug 5, 09:00-11:00 Asia/Tokyo
Join the breakout room for a discussion on Research and Theoretical Issues.
