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College and University Reading Online Presentation

Adoption of online extensive reading to facilitate rapid reading class

Tue, Aug 8, 17:45-18:20 Asia/Tokyo

Location: Silang Jana 2

Reading skills textbooks are often inadequate in catering to the needs for students with various reading ability levels, content-related suitability, the and aims of the course. This research context involves 3rd year Japanese university English majors undertaking a 15 week Rapid Reading course. In order to address the related issues and course goals, an online reading system using the Xreading website was implemented as the core reading material, and included supplementary activities. Course evaluation was conducted by administering a Likert scale questionnaire and indicated positive results in terms of reading skills, vocabulary, satisfaction of reading materials in terms of genre, reading level and speed, and advantages in using features of the website. The presenter aims to highlight key features of the course, evaluation methods, questionnaire results, suitability, and practicality of the Xreading website from both the student’s and teacher’s perspective.

  • Steve Jugovic

    Steve Jugovic is an Associate Professor at Tenri University in Nara Japan and has been involved with EFL for over twenty years. His research interests include student motivation, materials design, CLIL, Mind Brain, and Education Science focusing on attention, memory, and the biological aspects of learning.