Noriko Muramatsu

Meiji University Meiji HS Meiji JHS

About

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.

Sessions

School ER collaboration with the school library at high school more

Wed, Aug 9, 10:45-11:20 Asia/Tokyo

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.

Noriko Muramatsu ERYU Tamao

School School libraries collaborating with English teachers more

Wed, Aug 9, 11:10-12:30 Asia/Tokyo

This study is based on the practice of an Extensive Reading（ER） program in a Japanese high school library in collaboration with the English teachers and the librarian. A collection of Graded Readers（GR） in the sub 700 headwords range and authentic children's books can support high school students in overcoming their anxiety towards studying and become more motivated to read in English. This research confirmed that 5 cohort, 1,268 beginner high school students could attain upper intermediate level while reading English books at the comprehensible vocabulary level. The research revealed that it is crucial to place English books in school libraries for ER programs. The library is responsibile for the registration and management of the library collection which reduces the burden on English teachers and at the same time supports the spontaneous and continuous learning for high school students.

ERYU Tamao Noriko Muramatsu