2. -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
3. What are eBooks?
readers
WMA iTunes
ePub
apps
platforms
AER
smartphones
Google play
Amazon
audio
PDF
electronic versions
tablets
images
interactive
fun!
20. “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
21. 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
