EXTENSIVE READINGEXTENSIVE READINGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.

~Erica Jong

Debra Daise and Jessica MontgomerieUniversity of Denver

1. Benefits of ER for Language Learning

2. Ways to use ER

GAMEGAME

Divide into teams of four-six people. You have 5 minutes.

List as many benefits of Extensive Reading as you can.

Your team scores one point for each answer that is unique to your list.

GAME

Comprehensible input

General competence

Exposure to language

Vocabulary building

Writing skills

Motivation to read

Language consolidation

Confidence with long texts

Global reading

Prediction skills

BELL (1998)

ER helps language learning in many

areas.

ER FOUNDATION 500+ references

What was the activity?

Was it in-class, out-of-class, or both?

Why was it successful?

Share a positive experience you’ve had with an Extensive Reading activity.

FAKE BOOK REPORTS

Students create a brief oral report based only on a book’s cover. Other classmates may have read the book.

What language skills can be used in this activity?

This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. The Princess Bride (book, William Goldman)

WRAP UP

Fun

Integrated into class

Helpful in reaching course goals

Rich with opportunitiesTo read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Edmund Burke