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Extensive Reading
Extensive Reading (ER) means reading a lot of easy, interesting books. The key is to build reading fluency and enjoyment.
Here's an article from Extensive Reading JAPAN that lists several types of oral and written student book reports:
Reading Reaction Reports
The handouts described in the above article are here:
Four report forms
HERE is a doc version of "Four report forms" (easier for you to modify it.)
Instant book report
My top five
Soon to be a movie
Dramatic reading
Here's an article from Extensive Reading JAPAN that lists several types of oral and written student book reports:
Reading Reaction Reports
The handouts described in the above article are here:
Four report forms
HERE is a doc version of "Four report forms" (easier for you to modify it.)
Instant book report
My top five
Soon to be a movie
Dramatic reading
Book Talk activity
This is a speaking activity that lets students, in pairs or small groups, share the books they've been reading. Note that the questions on the left are easier. Those on the right are more challenging but often lead to more interesting conversations.
Click here for the international version.
Click here for the version for Japanese learners.
Click here for the international version.
Click here for the version for Japanese learners.
My genre Wheel
Good readers read "wide." -- They read many different types of stories. To encourage my students to do so, I ask them to fill out a "my genre wheel" form they put in their notebooks. The get a set of dot seals which they put on the wheel, one for each book they read. For a copy of "My genre wheel", click here.
Rethinking SSR PPT
At the 2nd Extensive Reading World Congress, I did a Featured Speaker talk called "Rethinking SSR (Sustained Silent Reading). Some participants asked for the PowerPoint to use with colleagues. You can download it here. If you use it, please let people know where you got it. Thanks.
I've presented on ER for many groups in Korea, Japan and recently in the Philippines and Indonesia. Here is the PowerPoint presentation I used in the Philippines: ER: Extensive Reading/Effective Reading. Here is the version I used in Indonesia. ER: Extensive Reading/Effective Reading - Indonesia. (They are almost the same but some of the artwork was modified to make the pictures more appropriate).You may want to use parts of it with your own students. Unfortunately, the Mountain Dew commercial used to point out the importance of knowing what you are reading (looking) for doesn't seem to be on youtube anymore.
We often stress that in ER the books need to be easy. Why? Watch this Youtube to experience the reason:
We often stress that in ER the books need to be easy. Why? Watch this Youtube to experience the reason:
Extensive Reading/ Effective Reading
Here's a copy of PowerPoint I used for a plenary at the Extensive Reading seminar at Feng Chia University in Taichung, Taiwan, March 2014. And here is the "Mountain Dew Memory Test" video that I used in the session.
Here's a copy of PowerPoint I used for a plenary at the Extensive Reading seminar at Feng Chia University in Taichung, Taiwan, March 2014. And here is the "Mountain Dew Memory Test" video that I used in the session.
Also check out the Extensive Reading Foundation at erfoundation.org
There's lots there, include a free copy of the ERF Guide to Extensive Reading (see the resources section)
There's lots there, include a free copy of the ERF Guide to Extensive Reading (see the resources section)