Thomas E Bieri
Nanzan University
About
I am based in Nagoya, Japan, where I am an Associate Professor at Nanzan University responsible for overseeing the Business English Program in the Department of Business Administration as well as Deputy Director of the Center for International Affairs. I am currently Chair of the TESOL Assoc. Reading and Vocabulary Interest Section, I was the Coordinator of the JALT Extensive Reading SIG for several years, and I have held several other volunteer and elected positions in language teaching professional organizations, conferences and publications.Sessions
College and University Business English Learner Reactions to Xreading ER Instead of Paper-Based ER more
Fri, Aug 5, 14:00-14:20 Asia/Tokyo
This research project was conducted with two cohorts of 2nd year students enrolled in an elective Business English program at a university in Japan, one in 2020 and another in 2022, who also had had experience with Extensive Reading in their first-year classes, typically with paper-based graded readers and the Mreader tracking system. The research aimed to explore the following questions: 1. What do these Business English students like and dislike about doing online extensive reading via Xreading? 2. How do these Business English students feel that online extensive reading via Xreading compares to other methods of extensive reading experienced in their first-year classes? 3. Are there any correlations between amounts of reading done, types of reading done, and learners' self-reported perceptions of online reading? Participants were surveyed using a combination of Likert-scale and open-ended items, and responses correlated with actual reading data from the Xreading LMS.
All levels Reading in an electronic age: ER without graded readers more
Sat, Aug 6, 08:00-10:00 Asia/Tokyo
Join the breakout room for a discussion on Reading in an electronic age and ER without graded readers.
