Rick Romanko
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College and University Using Xreading to implement a university-wide ER program in Japan more
Sun, Aug 7, 19:30-19:50 Asia/Tokyo
“If you want to make the most positive change that you can to your language course, set up an extensive reading program” (Nation & Waring, 2020, p. 182). In 2018, the Foreign Language Division (FLD) was established at Wayo Women’s University in Japan and tasked with managing a multi-departmental English program for 700 first-year students. The above advice was heeded and the process of creating an ER program for the university began. After a small-scale trial in 2019, the ER program started in 2020 amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. This presentation will report on the development and implementation of the ER program through Xreading. It will detail how it is managed, the challenges posed by the pandemic, students' achievements, the perceptions of students and teachers in the program, and how it helped create cohesiveness between colleagues and foster a positive change in the FLD’s English program at the university.
All levels Xreading News: graded news stories from around the world more
Sun, Aug 7, 17:00-17:45 Asia/Tokyo
Xreading News is an exciting new feature recently piloted on Xreading. Each week there are 5 graded news articles. Stories are short and cover a wide range of topics, such as Science & Technology, Health, and World News. The team of story writers and the series editor will discuss various aspects and perspectives on the process of bringing news stories to Xreading. They will discuss sourcing and selecting stories, writing graded text, and simplifying complex issues. They will also talk about using the stories in the classroom.
