eLearnAfrica
How to Use Graded Readers in the English Language Classroom
Language Fuel
  • Start Date: 13 Mar, 2023
  • 4 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Discover the advantages of extensive reading and how to effectively embed graded readers into your English curriculum.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Explore the impact of extensive reading on English language learners


On this four-week course, you’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of extensive reading and reflect on why ER is an indispensable facet of the English language curriculum.


You’ll discover how to further your students’ reading skills using carefully selected graded readers. Using a variety of techniques, you’ll develop your understanding of how to embed ER practices and enrich your students’ experience of learning English.


Increase student exposure to English language reading material


By increasing the reading material your learners encounter, you’ll help them enhance much more than just their reading skills.


You’ll examine how graded readers can help motivate, stretch, and challenge your learners, helping build their self-esteem and enjoyment of learning a foreign language.


Help your students improve their English comprehension


Reading is one of the most impactful methods of comprehensible input.


You’ll discover how extensive reading can positively impact a learner’s grasp of writing, speaking, vocabulary, and grammar.


Using practical techniques, you’ll gain the skills to help students consolidate their learning and build on their pre-existing knowledge.


Create activities that benefit your learners’ entire reading journey


Extensive reading can help students engage with texts on a much deeper and meaningful level.


You’ll learn how to approach pre-reading activities, from gathering clues about the content from the cover, right through to post-reading activities such as discussing the story with peers.


By the end of this course, you’ll have gained a deeper understanding of how graded readers can be used with English language learners of all levels. Equipped with a range of activities, you’ll be able to design engaging and enriching approaches to teaching English language.


This course is designed for English language teachers who want to improve their understanding of extensive reading and to further their use of graded readers.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

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