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School libraries collaborating with English teachers
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.
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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.
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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.