e-book activities for teachers and learners

Victoria Boobyer

-Sample activities

-How to get hold of them?

-What are eBooks?

• Pre-reading• Reading into listening• Reading into speaking• Reading into exam-based activities• Reading into writing• Reading into …more reading

-They’re not just for students

What are eBooks?

readersWMA iTunes

ePub

appsplatforms

AER

smartphones

Google play

Amazon

audio

PDF

electronic versions

tabletsimages

interactive

fun!

How to get hold of eBooks?

How to get hold of eBooks?

Sample activities

Pre-reading

Pre-reading

Pre-reading

Reading into Listening

Reading into Listening

Reading into Speaking

Reading into Speaking

Reading into exam-based activities

Reading into exam-based activities

Reading into writing

Reading into writing

Reading into writing

Reading into…more reading

“What is interesting is that our participants felt that reading helped their oral / aural language proficiency. Books like [these] contain a great deal of colloquial language that learners with mostly formal language instruction experience have missed.”

Cho, K and Krashen,S

Reading into…more reading

Reading into…more reading

“So I believe that ER impacts writing, listening and speaking because students know more vocabulary. The second possible factor is the increase in positive affect. Students develop positive attitudes toward and increased motivation for learning the L2.”

Prof Richard R Day

Reading into…more reading

Reading into CPD

Reading into CPD

Where now?

Thanks

victoria@eltcreative.com