LIRE Practical workshops EN

Project number: 2020-1-SK01-KA201-078332
Erasmus+ Programme, KA2, Strategic Partnerships in School Education

This project has been co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union.

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

LIRE PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS
Reading in and outside the English Language Classroom

DESCRIPTION

Reading is a crucial study skill and a vehicle for cross-curricular learning and developing key competencies in pupils to meet the challenges of the future world. The LIRE practical workshop aims to equip English teachers with skills, methods, and resources to promote extensive reading in the ELT context and thus help pupils advance their reading literacy and critical thinking and language skills. Research studies show that pupils exposed to extensive reading become better and more confident readers. Moreover, they write better, their listening and speaking abilities improve, their vocabularies get richer, and they develop positive attitudes toward learning. The workshop introduces a variety of reading materials and discusses their potential for the classroom;  it demonstrates different reading strategies and approaches to reading. It also presents practical activities that can be done in the clasrooms. Further, it offers ideas on integrating reading into the school curriculum and fostering pupils’ reading habits.

LECTURERS

LIRE practical workshops have been prepared by the University teams from Adam Miczkiewicz University in Poznań, Poland (1^st educational area), Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic (2^nd educational area), Prešov University in Prešov, Slovakia (3^rd educational area).

LECTURERS FROM ADAM MICZKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY IN POZNAŃ, POLAND (1^st EDUCATIONAL AREA):

*Mgr Anna Domińska is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She is interested in the didactics of teaching English as a foreign language and mentoring. She is also the author of EFL materials for teachers of English.
Lessons prepared: 1,2 (Aspects of developing the skill of reading, Identifying aims of activities which focus on developing the skill of reading in English)

*Paweł Scheffler Ph.D., is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His research interests are instructed second language acquisition, foreign language classroom instruction, and modern English grammar. He has published in a variety of journals both in Poland and abroad. He also writes language teaching materials for Polish learners of English – he is the author of a popular grammar book, “English grammar in sentence translations”.
Lessons prepared: 3,4 (Extensive reading: definition, characteristics and recommendations, Characteristics of extensive reading: activities)

LECTURERS FROM MASARYK UNIVERSITY IN BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC (2^nd EDUCATIONAL AREA):

*Mgr. Pavla Buchtová has a Master’s degree in English Language and Literature from the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. Since 1997 Mgr. Buchtová is a lecturer at the Department of English Language at Masaryk University. Her teaching experience involves organising seminars on Children’s and Young Adult Literature, American literature, Contemporary Native American writers.
Lesson prepared: 2, 4  (Classroom library and reading corners, Monitoring and assessment: Reading journals)

*Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D., has a degree in English Language and Literature and Czech Language and Literature from Masaryk University Brno and a doctorate in British and American Literature at Palacký University Olomouc. She educates future teachers of English at Masaryk University, teaching British History, Culture and Literature, Literature for Children and Young Adults and Challenging Conventions in Education. She also works with primary school children.
Lesson prepared: 3 (Managing Reading in EL classroom)

*Ph. Dr. Alena Dobrovolná has degrees in Pedagogy (teaching subjects at the primary level of education & opportunities to speak and to develop communication competence during the teaching English language with interactive blackboard), Russian language and literature with didactics, English language and literature with the didactics for 2nd and 3rd level of education. Dr. Dobrovolná is teaching English to teenagers, adolescents and adults. She is a specialist in didactics, using literature.
Lessons prepared: 1, 4 (Selection criteria and selection process, Monitoring and assessment: Monitoring, Assessment)

LECTURERS FROM PREŠOV UNIVERSITY IN PREŠOV, SLOVAKIA (3^rd EDUCATIONAL AREA):

*prof. Zuzana Straková, PhD., works as a professor at the Institute of British and American Studies at the University of Prešov, Slovakia. Her teaching and lecturing focus on the English Language Teaching Methodology, Early Language Education, Teaching in Higher Education, Language Pedagogy, etc. She has supervised several successful projects with this orientation and has piloted several innovative approaches in her classes within the field research. She has conducted numerous lectures, seminars and workshops for pre-service and in-service English language teachers in Slovakia. Areas of research: EFL Methodology, Critical thinking in EFL, Early language learning and teaching, Learner autonomy, Creativity in language learning;
Lesson prepared: 2 (Reading and the development of the critical thinking)

*doc. PaedDr. Ivana Cimermanová, PhD., is an Assoc. professor at the Institute of British and American Studies at the University of Prešov, Slovakia. She specialises in English language teaching methodology, especially using technologies and corpora in language teaching. Recent years of her research has been devoted to teaching pupils with SEN, Creativity, and CLIL. She is the author of many articles, studies, and textbooks. She has also supervised several projects with this orientation and conducted many lectures, workshops, and seminars. Currently, she focuses on new ways of e-learning implementation to university studies that will offer both formal and non-formal online courses in English and Slovak languages. Areas of research: EFL Methodology, Implementation of modern technologies in education, Using Corpora in Language Teaching
Lesson prepared: 4 (Dyslexia in the context of EFL)

*PaedDr. Miloš Blahút, PhD., is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of British and American Studies at the University of Prešov, Slovakia. His field of research is Contemporary American Literature and Ecocriticism. He has done research into teaching picture storybooks via E-learning environment. He has been involved in a number of research projects in teaching literature. Areas of research: Teaching British and American Literature, Teaching Literature for Children.
Lesson prepared: 1 (Developing vocabulary and grammar via reading , Developing productive language skills via reading)

*Mgr. Michaela Sepešiová, PhD., is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of British and American Studies at the University of Prešov, Slovakia. Her main research interest aims at the issues of bilingualism, esp. CLIL in all levels of education. She has been concentrating on applying CLIL within the teaching and learning process. Moreover, her research has recently focused on Syntax of the English language. She has been involved in several research projects in general and language pedagogy. Areas of research: EFL Methodology, Content and Language Integrated Learning – CLIL, English Syntax.
Lesson prepared: 3 (Reading in a CLIL context)

CONTENT

The training programme is divided into three educational areas, each having four lessons. Each lesson consists of training material (plain text, PPT, PPT with audio, PPT with video and audio) and a follow-up test with options: True/False, single choice, multiple-choice, filling in.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. READING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: DEFINITIONS, BENEFITS, LIMITATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• Lesson 1: Aspects of developing the skill of reading
• Lesson 2: Identifying aims of activities which focus on developing the skill of reading in English
• Lesson 3: Extensive reading: definition, characteristics and recommendations
• Lesson 4: Characteristics of extensive reading: activities

II. EXTENSIVE READING PROGRAMMES

• Lesson 1: Selection criteria and selection process
• Lesson 2: Classroom library and reading corners
• Lesson 3: Managing Reading in EL classroom
• Lesson 4: Monitoring and assessment

III. READING AND LANGUAGE-FOCUSED STUDY

• Lesson 1: Developing vocabulary and grammar via reading
•      Developing productive language skills via reading  
• Lesson 2: Reading and the development of the critical thinking
• Lesson 3: Reading in a CLIL contextcontext
• Lesson 4: Dyslexia in the context of EFL

THE LENGTHS

12×60 minute lessons

TARGET GROUPS

• mainly English language teachers teaching at primary and lower secondary education
• pre-graduate English teachers (university students)
• teacher training providers

CONDITIONS FOR COMPLETING

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

It is necessary to register on the website and then study all lessons. Take the test after each educational area for completing the training programme (LIRE practical workshops). The test is automatically evaluated. The correct answers are not shown but the hint is given for the part which needs to be revised in each test question when clicking on symbol. The number of retakes of the test is 100. The threshold for passing the test is 80%. When the training programme is successfully completed, the certificate of completion will be awarded. It can be downloaded and printed.