About Xreading V.L.

• What is Xreading VL?

  Xreading VL is a virtual library with hundreds of graded readers.

  The primary goal of Xreading VL is to make extensive reading easier for teachers, and more accessible for students. Xreading VL does this by providing hundreds of high quality graded readers in an online library that is part of an easy-to-use learner management system (LMS).

  Using their pc or mobile device, students can search Xreading’s library from anywhere in the world and at any time. Our library contains graded readers from major international publishers such as Macmillan Language House, Cengage Learning, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press. Plus books not typically available in Japan from smaller publishers such as Helbling Languages and ELI.

  Student searches are assisted by book ratings, as well as recommendations based on their preferences. While students read, they are supported by an interactive dictionary, character lists, and audio on demand. Meanwhile, teachers can monitor and assess their students’ reading by using the LMS. The LMS not only lets teachers know which books their students are reading, but also how many words they’ve read and their reading speed. Additionally, teachers can create reading goals, and have students, or even classes, compete with each other to increase motivation.

  If you have any questions about Xreading, or are interested in trialing it with your classes, please contact us.
  
  

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About extensive reading

• Do I have to pay for each book I read?

  Unlimited Reading

  With a subscription to Xreading, students can read as many books as they want, whenever they want! By not requiring students to pay per book, we believe this model encourages reading.

  Additionally, since subscriptions typically last for 6 months, teachers can assign reading over the summer and winter vacations.

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• Xreading Extensive Reading Research Grants

  XLearning Systems is now offering research grants for qualified researchers.

  In the past twenty years, there have been many studies examining various aspects of extensive reading. However, many questions still remain regarding its implementation and its overall efficacy.  Therefore, for the purpose of increasing our knowledge of extensive reading, XLearning Systems is pleased to announce that it is offering research grants for the 2018/19 academic year.  Recipients of the grants and their students will be given free access to Xreading for up to 12 months starting in March/April, 2018. 

  In many ways Xreading is an ideal instrument for doing research in extensive reading.  For one, Xreading’s LMS (learner management system) allows for the monitoring of students’ reading much more accurately than self-reporting which has been typically used in previous studies. The LMS tracks the books, words, reading time, and also calculates reading speed.  Secondly, it provides students with unlimited access hundreds to graded readers (and their audio) which may be especially useful at schools with limited reading resources. 

  Research can be related to any aspect of extensive reading or extensive listening, and need not be about Xreading or even digital reading.  Recipients of the grants are expected to publish or present their findings within eighteen months of the start of the grant. 

  Because Xreading has to compensate our partnering publishers for the use of their graded readers, the number of grants is limited.  To be considered for a grant, teachers need to submit a proposal. Proposals will be vetted by an independent panel of experts in extensive reading and based on merit and need.  Panel members will not see the names of the applicants or their institutions.  If the grant request is too large, a partial grant may be offered.

  Finally, for researchers who don't need free access because Xreading is already being paid for at their school, XLearning Systems will provide a stipend for attending domestic or international conferences to present on their research.

  Deadline: January 21, 2017

  If you have any questions, please contact Paul Goldberg at [email protected]

  Click here to submit a proposal.