European Commission webinar on reading fluency and comprehension: Key insights and approaches for teachers

Discover effective strategies to enhance pupils’ reading fluency and comprehension across the curriculum. This webinar explores cognitive strategies (decoding, summarising), metacognitive strategies (self-monitoring, questioning), and social strategies (peer discussions, collaborative learning) to support literacy development.

Speakers:

Mary Masterson

Ended on: 25.04.2025

Ended at: 05:00 PM (Europe/Brussels)

Duration: 1 hour

Webinar information

Description

Grounded in Vygotsky’s theory of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), we examine how guided support and social interaction strengthen reading skills. Gain practical, research-based techniques to help students become confident, proficient readers in all subjects.

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About the speakers

Mary Masterson

Mary Masterson is an associate Professor in Education at the School of Education, University of Limerick, Ireland. She is also a former post-primary school teacher of German, History & ICT. Mary holds a PhD in Intercultural Education and Foreign Language Pedagogy. She is an experienced multilingual cross-cultural educator, educational researcher and teacher educator. She is currently serving as the Initial Teacher Education eTwinning ambassador for Ireland.

Additional information

Language:

English
Target audience:

Teacher

Head Teacher / Principal

Teacher Educator
Target audience country:
Target audience ISCED:

Primary education (ISCED 1)

Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)

Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)