Resourcing Extensive Reading

1. Resourcing Extensive Reading

2. READING List the different types.

3. READING Reading for information Reading for pleasure Oral reading Reading to learn to read

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6. Extensive Reading: What is it? Spend 10 minutes with your group discussing and defining .

7. Susser, B., & Robb, T. (1990). EFL Extensive Reading Instruction: Research and Procedure. JALT Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2 (November 1990). Extensive Reading

8. Our working definition of "extensive reading" as a language teaching/learning procedure is that it is reading • of large quantities of material or long texts; • for global or general understanding; • with the intention of obtaining pleasure from the text… • reading is individualized, with students choosing the books they want to read, • the books are not discussed in class.

9. Extensive Reading: Spend 10 minutes with your group listing benefits.

10. Extensive Reading -Timothy Bell • can provide 'comprehensible input' • can enhance learners' general language competence • increases the students' exposure to the language • can increase knowledge of vocabulary • can lead to improvement in writing • can motivate learners to read • can consolidatepreviously learned language • helps to build confidence with extended texts • encourages the exploitation of textual redundancy • facilitates the development of prediction skills

11. Extensive Reading: Spend 10-15 minutes with your group listing problems.

12. Extensive Reading: Report to the workshop Your list of problems. Make a composite list.

13. Extensive Reading Problems: Time Parents Assessment Reading materials Enthusiasm Suitablematerial How will I know if a student is actually reading? KSSR? What do I do while my students are reading? Reading strategies?

14. Extensive Reading: Time Spend 10 minutes discussing How long is needed, and where to find the time.

15. Extensive Reading: Time U S S R D E A R

16. Extensive Reading: Assessment Spend 10 minutes discussing valid and practical ways to assess extensive reading.

20. Extensive Reading: Assessment What about students with low-level English writing skills? How do I assess their Extensive Reading? Discuss in your group. List solutions.

21. Extensive Reading: Assessment What about students with low English writing skills? How do I assess their Extensive Reading? Possible solutions: Oral Q&A. Oral report to class. Draw pictures. 4. Reading Star Chart.

22. Extensive Reading: • Encouragement • How do I encourage students to read extensively? • Discuss in your group. List solutions.

23. Extensive Reading: Encouragement How do I encourage students to read extensively? Possible solutions: Home reading with parental help. Provide engaging reading material. Provide suitable reading material. Rewards / competition / display of achievement

28. Over to you: • Choose a (junior primary) book • Read it • write your Book Report

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40. Now write your story.

41. What will YOU do with Extensive Reading? • as a student • as a teacher • as a lecturer