We will have a short talk about Extensive Reading from Adam Ezard on Sunday 29 September 19:00-20:00. The event will involve a short 20-30 minute casual talk from our PresentER, followed by around 20-30 minutes of questions and discussion. PresentERs takes place on the last Sunday of each month online on Zoom. It is free for anyone to attend.
Through trial and error over four years, Adam has introduced, adapted and expanded on an ER component of the English course at the junior high school. He will share his progress, how he has changed various aspects, and how he's linked output tasks to the reading (and listening) that students do. He has been able to track students over this time and there is some evidence of improvement in reading, writing and listening as measured by an outside test (the GTEC test). He's still struggling with the best way to adapt the course to balance motivation and achievement. As far as he's aware, not too many junior high schools are using ER in this way, so he'd like to both share this adventure with teachers who may be thinking about this step, as well as to receive advice and comments from more experienced PresentERs.
