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18 - Extensive Reading

from Part IV - Expanding Reading Comprehension Skills

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

William Grabe
Affiliation:
Northern Arizona University
Junko Yamashita
Affiliation:
Nagoya University, Japan
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Chapter 18: Extensive Reading. Extensive reading (ER) is understood here as an extensive amount of reading. It is not specifically tied only to enjoyable reading or easy reading, although both of these sources of reading are important. The fundamental idea is that a large amount of understandable input (i.e., within students’ linguistic competence) via reading will develop students’ language and knowledge resources through incidental implicit learning. The benefits of extensive reading emerge over time and is fundamental for developing advanced reading abilities. A large amount of reading (extensive reading) leads to better vocabulary knowledge, better background knowledge, and better reading comprehension. Research in both L1 and L2 of contexts are reviewed, and the role of extensive reading (L2) or amount of reading (L1) is the key foundation for reading development and advanced reading comprehension. The chapter concludes with implications for instruction.

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Reading in a Second Language
Moving from Theory to Practice
, pp. 419 - 430
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Extensive Reading
  • William Grabe, Northern Arizona University, Junko Yamashita, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Book: Reading in a Second Language
  • Online publication: 01 September 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878944.019
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  • Extensive Reading
  • William Grabe, Northern Arizona University, Junko Yamashita, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Book: Reading in a Second Language
  • Online publication: 01 September 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878944.019
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  • Extensive Reading
  • William Grabe, Northern Arizona University, Junko Yamashita, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Book: Reading in a Second Language
  • Online publication: 01 September 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878944.019
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