The inaugural extensive reading webinars was held on April 23rd 2024 and was a resounding success with well over 200 participants joining us from 12 countries.
The talks were in English as we had visitors from around the world. We will put up the videos soon.
Program
EVENT 1: Lower and Upper Secondary Teachers 23 April 14.45-17.30 (GMT+2)
14:45 > Welcome and Introduction – Rob Waring ER Foundation & Peter Anderson ERA Italy
15:00 > Letizia Cinganotto: Extensive Reading for ELT and CLIL in the AI era
15:15 > Michael Lacey Freeman: Extensive Reading – Why Italy?
15:45 > HELBLING – Nora Wünsch-Nagy – Reading for fun / Reading for knowledge: Story-based activities to build reading stamina and support cultural learning
16:05 > Break
16:10 > PEARSON – Donatella Fitzgerald and Vanessa Hartson Walker
Engaging students inside and outside the classroom through collaborative reading projects and reading circles
16:30 > ELI – Silvia Rizzi – Read and think: encouraging students to critical thinking through reading
16:50 > Marcus Mattia: Practical ideas for encouraging reluctant readers
17:10 > Next Steps and closing remarks – Michael Lacey Freeman
17:20 > End of event
EVENT 2: PRIMARIA 17.30-20.00 (GMT+2)
17:45 > Welcome and Introduction – Rob Waring ER Foundation & Peter Anderson ERA Italy
17:55 > Letizia Cinganotto: Extensive Reading for ELT and CLIL in the AI era
18:10 > Michael Lacey Freeman: Extensive Reading – Why Italy?
18:40 > HELBLING – Nora Wünsch-Nagy – Story-based activities to support social and emotional learning in young learners
19:00 > Break
19:10 > PEARSON – Donatella Fitzgerald and Vanessa Hartson Walker – Teaching values through reading in the primary classroom
19:30 > Marcus Mattia: Practical ideas for encouraging reluctant readers
19:50 > ELI – Jane Cadwallader – Starting young! Linking awareness of the 2030 Agenda goals to extensive reading
20:10 > Next Steps and Closing Comments – Michael Lacey Freeman
20:20 > End of event