Extensive Reading in the Second Language Classroom

Abstract

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