Extensive Reading in the Second Language ClassroomAn authoritative series drawing on the best available research and practice to present effective approaches to language teaching. This comprehensive examination of extensive reading shows how reading large quantities of books and other materials can provide students with essential practice in learning to read as well as help them to develop a positive attitude towards reading that is sometimes missing in second language classes. The authors first examine the cognitive and affective nature of reading and the nature of good reading material which they term Language Learner Literature. They then offer a wealth of practical advice for implementing extensive reading with second language learners. Suggestions are provided for integrating extensive reading into the curriculum, establishing a library, writing and selecting reading material, and keeping records for purposes of evaluation. The text also describes a wide variety of classroom activities to supplement individualized silent reading. This book will be useful for authors of reading material, pre-service teachers, and teachers and administrators who want to improve the teaching of reading in their second language programs. |
Contents
THE DIMENSIONS OF EXTENSIVE READING | 1 |
The secret garden of reading | 21 |
Insights from | 32 |
Extensive reading and the second language curriculum | 40 |
ISSUES | 51 |
Language learner literature | 63 |
THE PRACTICE OF EXTENSIVE READING | 81 |
The extensive reading library | 107 |
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Extensive Reading in the Second Language Classroom Richard R. Day,Julian Bamford No preview available - 1998 |
Extensive Reading in the Second Language Classroom Richard R. Day,Julian Bamford No preview available - 1998 |
Common terms and phrases
activities Anne Collins attitudes toward reading authentic texts bibliography Books most suitable chapter Chris Rice Clare West class readers cognitive comprehension Conradin David Hill dictionary Elizabeth Laird English EPER LEVEL evaluation experiences extensive reading approach extensive reading program fluent reading foreign language goals guage Henry Widdowson homework interesting Jennifer Bassett John Escott John Milne Krashen language learner literature language reading instruction language teaching learning to read linguistic magazines MGR3 MGR4 native speakers newspapers Nfic OBL1 OBL2 OBL3 OBL4 OBL6 Paul Shipton Philip Prowse positive attitudes Publisher questionnaire questions reaction reports read aloud reading ability reading class reading materials reading skills reading teachers role Rosemary Border second language learners second language reading second language students sight vocabulary Stephen Colbourn Stephen Krashen Stephen Rabley story students read suitable for secondary-aged sustained silent reading Title Author Series written young adult literature