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Ideas to Access Materials: A Summary of Solutions to ER's Biggest Problem
In this moderated session, the scholarship recipients who received funding to support their attendance at ERWC7 will share solutions to some of the main problems associated with ER. Common challenges including limited awareness of ER in training on pedagogical approaches, rigid curriculum and institutional policies, and a lack of localized research evidence all hamper initiatives to implement ER. Although these are significant hurdles, it is only with access to suitable materials that ER/EL/EV can be introduced and delivered effectively to move forward in addressing these challenges. The success in grassroots classrooms and institutional programs depends on teachers having interesting, level-appropriate, graded materials for their learners. Drawing from their experience and summarizing a range of presentations at this Congress, the panelists will share examples of resources available and novel methods being taken to overcome this primary limitation. Participants will be able to add and take away valuable ideas.
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Greg Rouault is an Associate Professor at Hiroshima Shudo University. He has a Master of Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University and has taught EFL in Japan for over 25 years. His research interests include reading literacy, ESP/EAP & test prep, business English, and experiential task-based learning with simulations. International publications have appeared in System, TESOL Quarterly, The Reading Matrix, and several Asian-based journals. Greg also edited "Case studies in business innovation: Readings for discussion" from Atama-ii Books (https://www.englishbooks.jp/catalog/product_info.php/case-studies-business-innovation-readings-for-discussion-p-54671)
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Made Hery Santosa teaches in Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Bali, Indonesia. He has published in numerous journals and served as an article editor of SAGE Open and a reviewer of TESOL Journal, Frontiers Psychology, Springer Nature, TESL-EJ, and Kasetsart Journal. His research interests include EFL, AI, CALL, ER, and innovative pedagogies.
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Tram Nguyen is a university lecturer at the Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (EF, USSH-VNUHCM). With a Master’s in Linguistics with TESOL concentration, she has been teaching English language skills at EF to English-majored university students as well as adult learners wanting to obtain a second university degree. She is joining the ERWC7 with the hope to share her experience of implementing ER in her classes and learn from renowned experts and fellow teachers to put forward an ER initiative in her university in Vietnam.
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Hong Thuy Tham is a lecturer in the Faculty of Japanese Studies at Phenikaa University in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her research interests include Extensive Reading (ER) and Content-Based Instruction (CBI), including CBI (Content based instruction) and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), PBL (Project Based Learning) within the context of Japanese language education. She has implemented ER-based approaches in Japanese language courses at several universities in Hanoi and has published research on the integration and effectiveness of Extensive Reading.
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Francisca Maria Ivone teaches at the Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia. She researches ELT, Technology-Enhanced Language Learning, Extensive Listening and Viewing, Extensive Reading, learning autonomy, and collaborative learning. During her language study and teaching years, she used and benefited from Extensive Reading (ER), Listening (EL), and Viewing (EV), as well as the use of technology in language teaching and learning. She now teaches ER classes and incorporates ER, EL, and EV programmes into her language skill courses. She also teaches technology in language teaching and learning and ELT courses.