Catriona Chalmers
UKPLUS-Osaka
Since coming to Japan for 'a few months' in 1990, Catriona has been teaching English primarily to Young Learners. Her main interests are literacy and storytelling. She currently teaches children at UKPLUS-Osaka, and works for Nuthouse Education in curriculum development and teacher-training. In her copious amounts of spare time she writes. She has written graded readers for Halico and Abax Japan.
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.