The ER SIG's 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will take place on Sunday, 10 December from 7pm JST.
At the AGM, we share highlights of the past year's activities, welcome new officers (Please click here to cast your online vote), and discuss ways that members (like you!) can get involved in the SIG going forward (there is room for Webmaster, Members-at-large, etc., and co-chairs).
This year's AGM will also feature talks by Jane Cadwallader (ELi), Sarah Gudgeon (ELi), and other Languaage Learner Literature Award winners from Helbling, StandFor, and Penguin Readers.
Jane Cadwallader Bio:
Jane is the author of many Primary EFL coursebooks, having written for Oxford, Macmillan and Richmond over a long career. She is also a teacher trainer, and a teacher convinced of the importance of extensive reading. She began writing readers in earnest in 2008 and has written over 40 titles for Eli Publishing. Her stories have been mentioned in the ERF LLL awards many times and have come first in their category 6 times. At the same time, she has increasingly combined her writing with work on children's rights, particularly the right to social development and the right to education. She now spends about half the year in Uganda teaching, writing and working with the local government to improve the lives of children in a rural District in Western Uganda.
Sarah Gudgeon Bio:
Sarah Gudgeon is from Manchester in the north of England but has been living and working in Italy since 2002. After a degree in journalism, Sarah went on to train as a TEFL teacher and has managed to successfully combine her two passions: helping people to feel more confident in English and writing! In the world of EFL since 2000, Sarah has taught at all levels and is the author of numerous titles for the Italian state school market as well as a couple of readers for the international teen market. She is a member of the Extensive Reading Association currently being set up in Italy.
