Prof Cherie BROWN
Akita International University
Assistant Professor in the EAP and BE Programmes at AIU, currently teaching academic reading skills at various levels. Interests include materials development, vocabulary teaching and learning, teacher professional development. Member of THT SIG. I will be a sponsored speaker at the JALT 2020 ER Forum, describing a collaborative materials/teacher development project in Bangladesh - "Stories About Ourselves".
Sessions
Bridging the Gaps in ER
This year our Extensive Reading (ER) forum brings together researchers, writers, and practitioners addressing some of the connections or disconnections between reading and writing; between graded readers and learner backgrounds; and between producing readers with socially relevant content and learner interest and accessibility. The speakers will share some insights on their approaches to bridging these gaps as ER takes hold in a variety of contexts in Japan and abroad.
ER Forum Practice Session
The ER SIG is just going to run through a few things for our forum, which will be held on Sunday, 16:45 https://jalt2020.eventzil.la/session/282