Paul Goldberg
Xreading
About
Paul Goldberg has taught English as a foreign language in Venezuela, Spain, Korea, the US, and most recently at Kwansei Gakuin University, in Japan. His main areas of interest are extensive reading and extensive listening. Paul is the founder of Xreading, which he developed because of his desire to make graded readers more accessible for students, and extensive reading programs easier for teachers to manage. Email: paul@xreading.com.Sessions
Short Presentation Xreading: now Extensive Reading AND Timed Reading (Sponsored Workshop) more
Sat, Dec 18, 10:25-10:50 Asia/Tokyo
One of the primary goals of extensive reading is to improve students’ reading fluency. However, recent research has shown that when students do extensive reading along with dedicated speed reading activities, such as timed readings, the positive impact on their reading fluency is greater than doing either one of those activities in isolation (Shimono, 2018). Therefore, Xreading, the extensive reading platform with over 1500 graded readers, has added a speed reading component. This component includes 66 short reading passages at three levels of difficulty. Students are encouraged to read each passage as fast as they can, and their reading speed is calculated and then displayed on a graph. In this session, the presenter will demonstrate the speed reading component and explain how it has been integrated into the rest of the system.