Aurora V. Archer has a PhD in ELT and Applied Linguistics from the University of Southampton. She has been an English teacher from more than 30 years. She works at the BA in English at Facultad de Idiomas UV and at the Language Center in the same institution. She is also working at the PRONI program in a primary school. She is a researcher in the field of L2 reading for pleasure. Her research has been presented in international and national conferences. She is member of the Extensive Reading Foundation and ELLRA (Early Language Learning Research Association.)
Ponencia: Enjoy L2 reading! What Children Should Do in their Classes
In this workshop the presenter will offer several techniques to encourage children to read for pleasure in their English classes. Three reading approaches will be explained: extensive reading, reading aloud and reading circles. Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of promoting them (Day and Bamford, 1998; Ellis and Mourão, 2021; and Krashen, 2004) in the L2 classroom with children in order to enhance their speaking, listening and writing skills through vocabulary and pronunciation learning. Then, attendees will experience how each reading approach provides different techniques to develop their learners’ L2 learning through activities that are meaningful and attractive to them. The analysis of reading materials such as picture books and graded readers is included in order to determine the selection of appropriate material based on the teachers’ context.