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The Language Learning Benefits of Extensive Reading
By Paul Nation
Presenter: Loisi Tombing
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Extensive reading is attractive for three specificreasons:
1. It is an individual activity, therefore learners ofdifferent
levels could be learning at their own leveland pace
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Extensive reading is attractive for three specificreasons:
1. An individual activity, therefore learners of differentlevels
could be learning at their own level and pace
2. It allows learner to follow their interest in choosingwhat to
read, increasing their motivation to learn.
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Extensive reading is attractive for three specificreasons:
1. An individual activity, therefore learners of different
levels could be learning at their own level and pace2. Allows
learner to follow their interest in choosing
what to read, increasing their motivation to learn.
3. Provides the opportunity to learn outside the
classroom
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Extensive Reading by Non-natives of Texts
Written For Young Native Speakers Book floodis the recent
theory, tested in a number of
countries, that being exposed to literature will helpstudents
learn English as a second language morequickly and effectively than
more traditional methods
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Extensive Reading by Non-natives of Texts
Written For Young Native Speakers Book flood studies by Warwick
Elley (1991) show
striking increases made on measures of language use,language
knowledge, and academic performance. Thestudies that Elley was
involved in were fairly large interms of length (12-36 months) and
students from overa hundred to several thousands.
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Reasons Attributed to Book Flood success1. Extensive input of
meaningful prints.
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Reasons Attributed to Book Flood success1. Extensive input of
meaningful prints.
2. Incidental learning.
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Reasons Attributed to Book Flood success1. Extensive input of
meaningful prints.
2. Incidental learning.
3. The integration of oral and written activity.
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Reasons Attributed to Book Flood success1. Extensive input of
meaningful prints.
2. Incidental learning.
3. The integration of oral and written activity.4. Focus on
meaning rather than form.
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Reasons Attributed to Book Flood success1. Extensive input of
meaningful prints.
2. Incidental learning.
3. The integration of oral and written activity.4. Focus on
meaning rather than form.
5. High intrinsic motivation.
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Extensive Reading For Graded Readers Graded Readers, simply
known as Readers, are books
that have had the language simplified in order to helpthe second
language learners read them.
Helps to improve writing as well.
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Extensive Reading of Unsimplified Texts1. Hwang and Van Naerssen
(1987), found that reading
outside class was the most significant predictor ororal
communicative ability.
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Extensive Reading of Unsimplified Texts1. Hwang and Van Naerssen
(1987), found that reading
outside class was the most significant predictor ororal
communicative ability.
2. Green and Oxford (1995), found that reading forpleasure was
most strongly related to proficiency.
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Extensive Reading of Unsimplified Texts1. Hwang and Van Naerssen
(1987), found that reading
outside class was the most significant predictor ororal
communicative ability.
2. Green and Oxford (1995), found that reading forpleasure was
most strongly related to proficiency.
3. Gradman and Hanania (1991), found that out of class
reading was the most important direct contributor toTOEFL test
performance.
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Extensive Reading And Vocabulary Reading more increases the
chances of you meeting
the same vocab, which is useful in remembering.
Two factors that determine how much extensivereading learners at
a particular level should be doing:
1. The frequency level of the learners vocabulary
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Extensive Reading And Vocabulary Reading more increases the
chances of you meeting
the same vocab, which is useful in remembering.
Two factors that determine how much extensivereading learners at
a particular level should be doing:
1. The frequency level of the learners vocabulary
2. The length of time that the memory of a meeting
with a word is retained.
