ABSTRACT

This comprehensive book by renowned scholars Paul Nation and Rob Waring accessibly covers all aspects of extensive reading in second and foreign language contexts. The book serves as a major update to the field on the topic, with current research findings on extensive reading as they relate to motivation, reading fluency, and vocabulary learning, among other topics.

Clear and straightforward, it includes case studies, strategies, and methods for implementing and assessing effective extensive reading in the classroom and provides resources and tools for preservice teachers of ESL/EFL and foreign languages.

Suitable for programs in TESOL and Applied Linguistics with courses in L2 reading, reading instruction, TESOL methods, and foreign language reading or teaching, it will appeal to students and preservice teachers as well as English language teaching professionals and EFL/ESL teachers.

chapter 1|16 pages

Keeping Extensive Reading Simple

chapter 2|19 pages

What Are Graded Readers?

chapter 3|18 pages

Case Studies of Extensive Reading Programs

chapter 7|7 pages

Research Findings

Motivation and Pushing Learners to Read

chapter 8|10 pages

Research Findings

Does Extensive Reading Result in Reading Fluency and Comprehension Improvement?

chapter 10|13 pages

Developing Reading Fluency

chapter 11|20 pages

Designing Research Into Extensive Reading

chapter 12|17 pages

What Makes a Good Graded Reading Scheme?

chapter 13|11 pages

A Way Forward