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Why are we doing this?
Often students are put off reading when it is tied to class assignments. (When I was at school, I certainly had at least one tWhy are we doing this?
Often students are put off reading when it is tied to class assignments. (When I was at school, I certainly had at least one teacher who completely put me off a couple of novels I could never bear to read again!) However, in this extensive reading programme, you are reading principally for the content of the texts. I might ask you about the books you are reading informally, and encourage occasional mini-presentations of the books or book reviews, but you will not be asked to do any close analysis or complete any written assignments on these books.
Research has shown that the benefits of extensive reading programmes include gains in reading and writing proficiency, oral skills and vocabulary, an increase in motivation and positive effect (Adapted from Day & Bamford, 1998). ...more