Extensive reading

Mr. Mohamed Saoudi

Calliope Language Center

 Outline

I. What is Extensive Reading?

II. The Benefits of Extensive Reading
III. Read Easy, Read a Lot
IV. Task-based Elements of Extensive Reading
V. Overcoming Obstacles to Extensive Reading
VI. Reading Circles
 What is Extensive Reading?

“Extensive reading is a language teaching procedure where learners are

supposed to read large quantities of material or long texts for global
understanding, the principal goal being obtaining pleasure from the text."
(Bamford, Extensive Reading Activities 1)

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The Benefits of Extensive Reading
•Fluent reader •Encounter
•Read more words/phrases
in different
contexts

Deepening of
Improved word
performance knowledge

Engaged Enhanced
attitudes fluency

•Motivated •Increase oral

learners competence in
•Autonomous both listening
learners 4 & speaking
Read Easy, Read a Lot

Increase word
recognition

Familiar words
Easy texts ,
motivate to
read fast
read more

Read more
means enjoy
and gain more

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 Task-based Elements of Extensive Reading

 Book clubs: discuss &play roles

 Suggest new title
 Best cover book design
 Best critic comment
 Change some characters of the book.
 Book review
 Visual text (change the text into images/ comics)
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 Overcoming Obstacles to Extensive Reading

 Most students now are digital citizens

 Watching compared to adaptation
 Bring books and have a classroom library
 Community sponsoring
 Rewarding reading communities

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 Reading Circles

•Religious communities
Origin &
purposes
•Social/ educational/ entertainment

•Discuss: book genre/ simple structure/ 3hrs per week

How to
implement
•Chair person: reminder/ weekly reading

•Read: struggle & read loud

In the
classroom
•Discuss: define & critic

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 References

 http://kierandonaghy.com/seven-benefits-extensive-reading-english-language-students/
 http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1083750.pdf
 https://es.slideshare.net/MiguelDeLaFerrelle/benefits-of-extensive-reading
 https://is.muni.cz/th/152953/pedf_b/bakalarska_prace.pdf
 http://ww.cape.edu/docs/TTalk0021.pdf
 http://iteslj.org/Articles/Bell-Reading.html
 https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-help-english-learners-read-more-quickly
 https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/extensive-reading
 http://www.fluentu.com/blog/extensive-reading-activities-for-teaching-language/?lang=en
 http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/October2002/day/day.html
 http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/April2014/articles/beglar.pdf
 http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877042814038075/1-s2.0-S1877042814038075-main.pdf?_tid=74e1efdc-01a2-11e7-8910-
00000aacb361&acdnat=1488718471_64b8145b1360fcbb0d81d27a0a6ee82f
 https://www.coursera.org/learn/esl-reading/lecture/O92R2/reading-circles-interview-with-sam-duncan
 https://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00702/minilessons.pdf
 http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED492558.pdf