Rob Waring
Notre Dame Seishin University
About
Dr. Rob Waring, is Emeritus Professor at Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama. He is an acknowledged expert in Extensive Reading and vocabulary acquisition. He has published over 60 articles and has given hundreds of lectures, plenaries and featured speaker presentations in 32 countries. He is an Executive Board member of the Extensive Reading Foundation responsible for the promotion of Extensive Reading globally. He is also author and series editor of a six series of graded readers by various publishers and has recently published "Teaching Extensive Reading in Another Language" with Paul Nation.Sessions
All levels ER Central: a free online reading website more
Thu, Aug 10, 11:30-12:05 Asia/Tokyo
This presentation will highlight the features on Extensive Reading Central. Extensive Reading Central (www.er-central.com) is a free website for students and teachers that has thousands of texts at 20 different levels. Students can choose texts from the Reading Library or Listening Library as well as do Speed Reading. After sign-up, students take a placement test which suggests a level for them to select texts at. Students have the option of taking a quiz if they wish. Teachers can create an Institution account, classes and and bulk-register their students. This allows the teachers to track what the students have read and monitor their progress and then download these data is they wish, Students can also look up any unknown word and save them to their private learning environment. ERC works best on the browsers in tablets and computers. ERCentral also has a support area which contains many resources and advice for teachers.
All levels The Big ER Quiz more
Tue, Aug 8, 20:30-21:05 Asia/Tokyo
This session will be a fun quiz to test your knowledge about extensive reading, graded readers, people and so on surrounding our world. It will be conducted via Kahoot.
All levels The big ER debate: Paper books are better than digital books more
Wed, Aug 9, 15:30-16:05 Asia/Tokyo
Listen to a debate about ebooks and paper books. You can help decide the winner.
All levels ERF affiliates meeting more
Wed, Aug 9, 17:15-17:50 Asia/Tokyo
In this session, all the ER Foundation affiliates (IERA, TEERA, MERA, PERC, TERA, Jalt-ERSig, JERA, PERC) will present their annual reports outlining their achievements in the past year and their plans for the coming year. The session is open to the public. Anyone interested in forming an Extensive reading association is welcome to come and network, ask questions and learn about the ERF Affiliate system.
All levels Where can you find COVID, Ukraine, BTS and chatty mushrooms? more
Tue, Aug 8, 11:30-12:05 Asia/Tokyo
In this talk, the presenters will discuss Xreading News. This is an exciting feature of Xreading launched in April 2022. Xreading News offers real news stories each week achieving two main goals; 1- to expose students to current affairs, and 2- to expose students to more English. Five news stories from around the world, from a wide range of fields, such as Science, Technology, the Environment, and World News, are produced in graded language and uploaded to Xreading every Sunday. But how do writers select their stories? Why are some stories more suitable for Xreading News than others? Why are Ukraine and chatty mushrooms suitable and Roe Vs Wade is not? The presenters will talk about their experiences choosing, writing, and leveling real news stories. We will also look at the changes made from an original submission to a published entry and discuss why the editing decisions were made.
