Combining extensive reading while listening (ERWL) with cooperative learning

Kaoru Tsuda (Graduate College of Education, Temple University)
Noriko Muramatsu (Meiji University Meiji High School and Meiji Junior High School)
Willy A Renandya (Department of English Language and Literature, Nanyang Technological University)
George M Jacobs (Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya)

JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE
Vol. 8 No. 1: February 2023

In this teaching-oriented project, we propose an extensive reading while listening (ERWL) program in which cooperative learning (CL) tasks are also implemented. We believe that by implementing ERWL combined with CL tasks, teachers can invite their learners to improve all four language skills while simultaneously enhancing their motivation for ERWL. We will first explain the benefits of ERWL and CL for second language (L2) learners and then the rationale for combining these two learning methods. Next, we will present CL tasks designed for students to improve all four language skills while doing ERWL.