JALT2025 - Tokyo

Assessing In-Class ER Materials: Bridging the Divide

Oct 31, 2025, 4:00 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Practice-oriented Workshop (30-minutes) Language Classroom Content Room 407

Speaker

Nathan Crocker (Matsuyama University)

Description

A fundamental conflict exists within extensive reading (ER) courses, wherein the principles of ER are at odds with the institutional and pedagogical need for academically rigorous coursework. This presentation addresses that conflict by introducing and evaluating a range of in-class materials to see how well they complement ER principles and provide content suitable for assessment. The findings will be used to generate guidelines for the development or acquisition of future ER resources.

Summary

A fundamental conflict exists within extensive reading (ER) courses, wherein the principles of ER are at odds with the institutional and pedagogical need for academically rigorous coursework. This presentation addresses that conflict by introducing and evaluating a range of in-class materials to see how well they complement ER principles and provide content suitable for assessment. The findings will be used to generate guidelines for the development or acquisition of future ER resources.