School School Presentation
ER collaboration with the school library at high school
This presentation explains a case of an extensive reading (ER) program in a private junior high and high school in Tokyo. The program is a collaboration between the English department and the school library. English teachers already have too much to do that it is a challenge to add ER to the regular curriculum despite the desire to start a program. We will show how the collaboration can overcome the many obstacles in starting ER, such as about the basic collection of materials, a smart way to shelve the books, and the method to keep the circulation moving. We will explain the practice in detail so that teachers willing to start a program at their school will know what to do in the first lesson.
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Noriko has been teaching at Junior High Schools and High Schools for 20 years. She has engaged in ER since she started teaching. She has MSEd. (TESOL) from Temple University Japan.
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Tamao Eryu has worked as a teacher librarian at Meiji University Meiji High School Meiji Junior High School in Tokyo since 2007. She received her doctor's degree from the Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba. Her main research is Teacher/Teacher Librarian Collaboration, student and teachers’ support. Recently, she is interested in the extensive reading program. She has published “A Guidebook for School Librarians and English Teachers” (Eryu & Muramatsu, 2018) with her colleague.