Extensive Reading In The Second Language Classroom

Description: This original and engaging book makes the case that extensive reading provides essential practice in learning to read. This original and engaging hardback edition makes the case that extensive reading - the reading of large quantities of easy material - provides essential practice in learning to read. Extensive reading also develops a positive attitude toward reading so often missed in second language reading classrooms. The authors provide a theoretical foundation for this approach by examining the cognitive and affective nature of reading. They also offer a wealth of practical suggestions for implementing extensive reading, including integrating it into the curriculum, establishing a library, selecting reading material, and record-keeping evaluation. It contains a wide variety of classroom activities to supplement individualized silent reading, and a valuable bibliography of the best books written for English language learners. Review: '... the meat of the book, detailed and practical advice on how to organise an extensive reading programme. A must for any teacher training library.' EL Gazette Contents: Part I. THE DIMENSIONS OF EXTENSIVE READING 1 An Approach Less Taken: Extensive Reading Introduced; 2 A Cognitive View of Reading; 3 Affect: The Secret Garden of Reading; 4 The Power of Extensive Reading: Results from the Research; 5 Extensive Reading and the Second Language Curriculum Part II. MATERIALS FOR EXTENSIVE READING: ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT 6 The Cult of Authenticity and The Myth of Simplification; 7 Language Learner Literature Part III. THE PRACTICE OF EXTENSIVE READING 8 Setting Up a Program: Curricular Decisions; 9 Materials: The Lure and The Ladder; 10 The Extensive Reading Library; 11 Student Orientation; 12 Building a Community of Readers; 13 The Reading Community in Action; 14 Program Evaluation; 15 Taking the Approach Less Traveled