“Variety is the spice of life”, a proverbial saying over 200 years old, is surely also relevant to reading texts for language learners; they should not all be written in the same style and with the same kind of content, but should include different genres such as mystery, adventure, crime, horror, ‘human interest’, factual and more. We will look at examples of this in recent Black Cat graded readers, and explore how different genres of language learner literature involve a variety of styles, plots and themes.
Students can be encouraged to respond to a reading text by writing something themselves, and we will suggest different genres of text that students themselves can produce to demonstrate their imaginative response to what they read.
Academic presentation by:
Robert Hill, a graduate of Oxford University, has been involved in ELT for 38 years, including 20 years at Italian universities. He has spoken at conferences and held workshops all over the world, including several in Mexico. He is the series editor of Black Cat graded readers.
Date: Saturday, 20 August
Time: 9:30 to 11:30
Suipacha 1333
(CABA)
Date: Monday, 22 August
Time: 17:45 to 19:45.
Mariano Moreno 1666
(Olivos)
Date: Tuesday, 23 August
Time: 17:45 to 19:45
Manuel Castro 1536
(Banfield)
Date: Wednesday, 24 August
Time: 17:45 to 19:45
Av. Tratado de Pilar 250
(Pilar)
Date: Thursday, 25 August
Time: 17:45 to 19:45
Cuenca 2651
(CABA)
Date: Friday, 26 August
Time: 17:45 to 19:45
Nuestra Señora del Carmen 2405
(Villa Raffo - Sáenz Peña)
Date: Saturday 27 August
Time: 9.30 to 11.30
Brandsen 302
(Quilmes)
Free registration. Limited places available
