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Monir Hossen Lecturer Department of English CCN University of Science and Technology

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Extensive reading is an approach to language learning, including foreign language learning, by the means of a large amount of reading.

The learners view and review of

unknown words in specific context

will allow the learner to infer

the word's meaning, and thus to

learn unknown words. While the

mechanism is commonly accepted

as true, its importance in language

learning is disputed.

Free voluntary reading refers to using extensive

reading in language education. Students are

free to choose a book that they like and are

allowed to read it at their own pace. The aim of

a free voluntary reading program is to help

students to enjoy reading, so assessment is

usually minimized or eliminated entirely.

The idea behind extensive reading is that a lotof reading of interesting material that is slightlybelow, at, or barely above the fullcomprehension level of the reader will fosterimproved language skills.

The material should be varied in subject matter

and character.

Students choose their own reading material and

are not compelled to finish uninteresting

materials. Reading material is normally for

pleasure, information or general understanding;

reading is its own reward with few or no follow-

up exercises after reading; reading is individual

and silent. Reading speed is usually faster when

students read materials they can easily

understand.

Teachers can have diverse options like:

Penguin readers

Classics

Comics

Newspapers

Magazines

History books

Science books

The teacher is a role modelwho also orients the studentsto the goals of the program,explains the idea andmethodology, keeps recordsof what has been read, andguides students in materialselection and maximizing theeffect of the program.

Teachers orient students to the goals of theprogram, explain the methodology, keep trackof what each student reads, and guide studentsin getting the most out of the program andreading in general.

Design a new cover for your book.

Draw a series of pictures illustrating the story or main events of the story.

Draw a map showing where the story takes place.

Design a movie poster for your book.

Make a time line of major events in the book

Create a bingo game which includes words like names of characters, places and items from the story.

Design an advertisement for T.V., radio or newspaper, trying to sell the book.

Make up a “wanted” poster for one of the characters.

Drawing and designing:

Write a letter to one of the characters.

Write a diary for one of the characters.

Make up a different ending for the story.

Make up a different beginning for the story.

Have an interview with one of the characters.

Extensive reading is contrasted with intensive reading, which

is slow, careful reading of a small amount of difficult text – it

is when one is "focused on the language rather than the text“.

Extensive and intensive reading are two approaches to

language learning and instruction, and may be used

concurrently; intensive reading is however the more common

approach, and often the only one used.