Extensive Reading

This Element explores Extensive Reading (ER), a language learning approach that encourages learners to read diverse materials across various educational levels. It provides theoretical insights, analyzes benefits, addresses challenges, and proposes strategies. It also reviews recent trends and developments in ER.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. What is extensive reading?; 3. The benefits of ER; 4. ER across languages; 5. ER across contexts; 6. Implementing ER; 7. Epilogue: The potential of ER; References.

Summary

This Element explores Extensive Reading (ER), a language learning approach that encourages learners to read diverse materials across various educational levels. It provides theoretical insights, analyzes benefits, addresses challenges, and proposes strategies. It also reviews recent trends and developments in ER.

Foreword

This Element offers ER's theoretical foundations, its language learning benefits, implementation challenges, and research-based strategies.

Product details

• Authors: Jing Zhou, Jing (Zhejiang International Studies Univers Zhou, Zhou Jing
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009474177
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0947417-7
• No. of pages: 98
• Series: Elements in Language Teaching
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Reading skills, Language learning: reading skills, Teaching skills & techniques, Educational: Languages other than English, Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy