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: Mission Impossible: Teenagers Reading for Pleasure in L2?
Studies have demonstrated the benefits of promoting several reading approaches such as extensive reading, reading aloud and reading circles (Day and Bamford, 1998; Furr, 2011; and Krashen 2004) in order to enhance students’ language learning. Adolescents seem to be one of the educational population where affective factors should be encouraged through language learning methodologies that motivate them to keep interested in L2 learning (Shelton-Strong, 2012). During this workshop teachers will identify motivational issues that affect teenagers L2 learning and how L2 reading can be an appropriate methodology to attract their students’ interest. Then reading approaches such as extensive reading, reading aloud and reading circles will be presented in order to practiced different activities that promote them. An analysis reading materials will be also part of this workshop to identify what materials are suitable for the teachers’ contexts.