Language Classroom Content & Pedagogy College & University Education Research-Oriented Short Presentation
Measuring Engagement in Extensive Reading: Individual vs. Group Activities
This presentation discusses the intent, methods, data, and analyses of a one-semester quantitative investigation examining the question: Does the method (individual vs. group) of selecting a graded reader affect student engagement in an extensive reading (ER) activity? The data collected and analyzed suggests that learner engagement in ER-related activities is affected by whether the individual or group chooses the reader.
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I have a B.A. in English Literature (1988), an M.A. in Linguistics/TESOL (1991) (both from the University of Colorado, Boulder) and a Ph.D in English and Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham, UK (2018). I have been teaching English in Japan since 1991, mostly in higher education. My teaching philosophy is founded on learner autonomy with task/ active learning implementing CALL. My current research is English corpus and cognitive linguistics focused on semantics and pragmatics.