Starting a Program

Tried-and-True advice from experienced ER instructors

Information on the graded reader approach from Oxford University Press

• The Oxford University Press Guide to the ‘Why and How’ of Using Graded Readers – English Version (185Kb)
• The Oxford University Press Guide to the ‘Why and How’ of Using Graded Readers – Japanese Version (968Kb)
  Prepared by Rob Waring for Oxford University Press. Residents of Japan can contact OUP for a complimentary copy of the printed version.

  • Graded Reading Programs — The Experience of School and University Teachers in Japan – English Version
  • Graded Reading Programs — The Experience of School and University Teachers in Japan – Japanese Version
  • A Way to Use Foreign Published Graded Readers in Public Junior High Schools — English Version
  • A Way to Use Foreign Published Graded Readers in Public Junior High Schools — Japanese Version
    
    

    Other reference material related to extensive reading is available within Club OUP, Oxford Japan’s teacher resource and support system

• Setting Up An Extensive Reading Programme: Practical Tips
  

  by David R. Hill, The Language Teacher, May 1997

• Getting an Extensive Reading Program going
  

  by Rob Waring (PDF file)

• Starting an Extensive Reading Program
  

  by Lois Scott-Conley

• Forms Marc’s students use in his ER program
• Beniko Mason’s information (in Japanese) — Before starting an ER Program
• Free Voluntary Reading and Fairy/Folk Tale Listening
  

  Beniko Mason’s book in Japanese on ER:Seizansha ISBN 4-88359-239-1

  A shorter online version of the book without the research section.

• Wilkinson, Darrell (2009) — Implementing an Extensive Reading Program and Library for ESL and EFL Learners in an Small Academic Setting within Japan, Manuscript.
• Bankier, John (2011) — Reflections on an Extensive Reading Program in a Small Academic Setting in Japan: Two Years on Manuscript (PDF).