In advance of his visit on May 26, Dr. Robert Waring has taken some time to answer our 4 Questions. 1. How did you get involved in this area? What attracted you to this topic? About 10 years ago I was approached by Cengage (previously Thomson Learning) to become a series editor of what later [...]

Writing Graded Readers Rob Waring (Notre Dame Seishin Women’s University, Okayama) This talk will discuss what happens at each of the stages in the writing of a graded reader series, namely Conceptualisation, Development, Production, and Manufacture. We’ll also look at how to develop the linguistic syllabus, the wordlists, and levels. We’ll then explore some of [...]

I am looking for students and teachers to participate in a 2-term longitudinal study. The students should be enrolled in Japanese university or college English classes. The English classes can be Communications classes, Reading/Writing/Listening or content classes taught in English. It would be helpful if the students know their TOEIC scores, but this is not [...]