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The Extensive Reading Foundation announces the First Extensive Reading World Congress, to be held on the campus of Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan from 3-6 September 2011. The World Congress represents the first time for all those involved with the extensive reading approach -- teachers, scholars, writers and publishers -- to gather under one roof for a conference dedicated purely to extensive reading.


Important Dates
Opening of the proposal application process
1 September 2010
Start of pre-registration (Earlybird)
1 February 2011
Deadline for proposal submissions
28 February 2011
Announcement of proposal decisions 1 May 2011
Scholarship application deadline
15 May 2011
Deadline for presenter confirmations
15 June 2011
Announcement of schedule (subject to change)
30 June 2011
Start of regular pre-registration
1 July 2011
Close of pre-registration
15 August 2011
JERA Workshop & ERF Pre-conference Workshops
3 September 2011 (Sat.)
Congress concurrent sessions - Day 1
4 September 2011 (Sun.)
Congress concurrent sessions - Day 2 5 September 2011 (Mon.)
Post-conference workshops
6 September 2011 (Tues.)
Deadline for Proceedings Submissions
31 October 2011


Themes to be addressed

  • Adapting texts
  • Rating scales & progress measurement
  • Affect & Motivation
  • Reading ability
  • Book management issues
  • Reading for academic purposes
  • Class readers
  • Reading for beginners
  • Comprehensible Input Hypothesis
  • Reading in an electronic age
  • Extensive Listening
  • Reading materials
  • Grammar
  • Reading speed
  • How to . . .
  • Reluctant readers
  • Internet & E-media
  • Student-made reading materials
  • L2 learning
  • Theoretical issues
  • Language learner literature
  • Using L1 readers with L2 students
  • Languages other than English
  • Vocabulary
  • Learner autonomy
  • Writing
  • Non-linear reading
  • Writing reading materials
  • Programme evaluation
  • Younger learners
  • Publishing issues
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    See the Call for Proposals --> here! Submissions are now closed.

    Contact Email: erwc1@erfoundation.org