Dr Peter Watkins. Helping learners to read online.
Reading remains a crucial skill. The range of text types we read has expanded and we are now more likely than ever to do a high proportion of our reading from a screen, rather than a traditional paper source. So, is the skill of reading changing? And how best can we help our learners to read effectively, particularly in online environments? This talk will briefly outline how reading contributes to overall language development and how learners can be encouraged to read more. We will review some of the recent research into print vs digital reading and will then ask what it means for us as language teachers. The talk includes practical, easy to use, classroom activities, which demonstrate how teachers can apply the insights from research in their own classrooms.

Dr Peter Watkins has been involved in teacher education for many years and currently works at the University of Portsmouth, UK as a a Principal Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, where he is Subject Leader for MA programmes, contributing to the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL in particular. His main research interests relate to teacher education and materials writing and his publications include Teaching and Developing Reading Skills (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Extensive Reading in ELT: Why and How? and Extensive Reading for Primary in ELT (both Cambridge University Press, 2018), Learning to Teach English (Delta Publishing, second edition 2014, first edition 2005), and The CELTA Course (co-authored with Scott Thornbury, Cambridge University Press, 2007)

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