Academic Reading Circles

Academic Reading Circles is a teacher-resource book for a learner-centred reading skills approach. It explains and exemplifies an intensive reading approach aimed at improving learner engagement with and understanding of concepts in non-fiction texts, like those encountered in undergraduate courses. This approach combines individual investigation with collaborative construction of knowledge through group sharing and discussion. In the book, teachers are guided through an entire ARC cycle, including: *the initial introduction of ARC to learners; *the five ARC roles learners undertake when reading a text; *detailed examples of their use on a sample text; *solutions for groupings, assessment, and potential problem areas; and *downloadable activities to further facilitate ARC beyond this book. Academic Reading Circles is ideal for teacher use in pre-sessional or in-sessional EAP programs at the university level. Secondary and general ESL/EFL teachers may also benefit. The book is published with the round.


About the Author
Tyson Seburn has a Master's degree in Educational Technology and TESOL and nearly 20 years of experience in English language teaching. For the better share of the last decade, this has been primarily focused on academic reading and writing at New College, University of Toronto. Founder of #tleap, an online community for EAP professionals, Tyson served on the TESL Toronto Executive as President for 3 years, and currently sits on the IATEFL TDSIG Committee. He regularly blogs at 4CinELT (fourc.ca).