Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Extensive reading is one of a range of activities that can be used in a language learning course.Ideally, the choice of activities to go into a course should be guided by principles which are well supported by research.Similarly, the way each of those activities is used should be guided by well-justified principles.In this article, we look at the principles justifying the inclusion of extensive reading in a course, and then look in detail at a set of principles guiding how extensive reading can best be carried out to result in substantial vocabulary learning.Extensive reading can result in a wide range of learning outcomes, but in this article we narrow our focus on vocabulary learning (for similar analyses of a wide range of vocabulary learning activities see Webb and Nation [in preparation]).
Source: Reading in a Foreign Language
DOI: 10.64152/10125/66705
Author: Paul Nation
Institution: Victoria University of Wellington
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4414029766