Reading large quantities of material, stories, novels...etc
Reading consistently (in regular basis)
Reading longer texts
Reading for general ideas
Specify an hour a day just to read silently.
THE AIM OF EXTENSIVE READING:
To flood learners with large quantities of L2 input with few (or no) specific task on this material. (Hafiz & Tudor)
THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTENSIVE READING:
- Extensive reading offers the learner many ways of working independently
- Extensive reading certainly has the beneficial of greatly increasingly at students exposure to English language and can be particularly important where class contact time is limited
- Useful resource for all ages
- Learners can build their language competence progress in their reading ability, become more independent in their studies, acquire cultural knowledge and develop confidence and motivation to carry on learning.
- Introducing children to books contributes the curriculum objective of encouraging critical thinking and positive attitudes towards imaginative experience.
As you mentioned, extensive reading has many advantages for the learners. As teachers, one of our main goals should be to encourage students to read and make them believe that reading can be fun, by only choosing the right book that matches their interest.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the new technology has dominated our students interests in reading books. Recently, students would post on facebook rather than read a story which really has been threatening their English skills and reading abilities. Teachers must cooperate with parents to start at lower levels of teaching kids how to read interesting short stories and articles which will eventually improve to extensive reading. If no correcting action is taken immediately, a bright future seems to be impossible..!
ReplyDeleteWe as teachers should try to help our students to read and love reading. In the classroom, we should let the students read not only in the elementary levels, but also in the secondary and high school levels. Also let the students read in all the subjects, not only in language subjects (for example, reading problems, experiments and so on). Hopefully, in this way, students realize the importance of reading and how it positively affects their learning.
ReplyDeleteI am one who started adopting extensive reading and I recommend every teacher to work on this. Learners think of reading as a punishment. They struggle to end up reading a text, but if they were raised up in an environment where reading is a habit, they will find it something that goes smoothly and it will be enjoyable. It is our mission as teachers to start working on this issue.
ReplyDeleteI`m a big fan of extensive reading and I have touched its benefits during my educational journey. I have experienced the extensive reading strategey and it was worth it actually. It aided my learning and it helped me construct a rich schema.Moreover, it enhanced my creativity and curiosity. I advise everyone to advocate it.
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