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Extensive Reading Colloquim
I’ve been invited to participate in an extensive reading colloquim at the KOTESOL international conference in October. This is a room with 5-6 different presenters at their own individual stations where they speak and answer questions for about 20 minutes three or four times. attendees move from one station to the next and thus get several different points of view and experiences with Extensive reading in an intensive and personal manner.
Coincidentally March is Reading Month, at least in North America. My next column for the Korea Herald will be an introduction to Extensive Reading.
Additionally KOTESOL has started an Extensive Reading SIG. I’ve copied and pasted the information below including contact information for Scott Miles (he’s in charge). I’m not sure why there isn’t a spot on the KOTESOL web page for the SIG. I guess it’s coming soon.
We are very happy to announce the formation of the Extensive Reading Special Interest Group (ERSIG). Extensive reading is a great way to develop reading and overall language skills, and we’d like to do what we can to promote in further in Korea. Some of the purposes of ERSIG are as follows:
1. Promote extensive reading as a viable approach to reading and general language development in Korea.
2. Share ideas on how to apply extensive reading in the language classroom in Korea
3. Promote and disseminate research related to extensive reading practices
This spring we hope to recruit a number of people to join as officers and members and then hold our first meeting to define ERSIG’s structure, policies and goals. We will also try to get some time to speak in local KOTESOL chapter meetings to drum up some interest. Finally, to get ERSIG started off with a big bang, we plan to hold a symposium focused on extensive reading in the early fall. We hope to draw in some of the bigger names in the field of extensive reading.
We encourage anyone interested in joining ERSIG or just getting more information to contact us:
Scott Miles:
Aaron Jolly:
Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Sunday Mar 9, 2008 at 09:24 AM
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