TO READ OR NOT TO READ: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTENSIVE READING IN ESL/EFL CONTEXTS
Venus Chan
Additional contact information
Venus Chan: The Open University of Hong Kong
Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 2020, vol. 7, issue 2, 48-68
Abstract:
Reading is considered to be an important language skill in teaching and learning, and there has been a great deal of interest in extensive reading (ER) in English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts over the past few decades. While numerous researchers have generally advocated for the benefits of ER, it has not been widely implemented, and teachers sometimes encounter various obstacles and hindrances to successfully and consistently implementing it. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of ER from three aspects: (1) motivation towards reading in a second or foreign language, (2) improvement of reading skills and (3) development of second or foreign language proficiency with reference to both conceptual literature and empirical research. After providing a critical review of the previous literature, this paper will make suggestions on what factors should be considered and how ER can be implemented effectively.
Keywords: EFL; ESL; extensive reading; language proficiency; motivation; reading skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)
Downloads: (external link)
https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sserr-7-2-48-68.pdf (application/pdf)
Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.
Export reference: BibTeX
RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan)
HTML/Text
Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:edt:jsserr:v:7:y:2020:i:2:p:48-68
Access Statistics for this article
Social Sciences and Education Research Review is currently edited by Stefan Vladutescu
More articles in Social Sciences and Education Research Review from Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dan Valeriu Voinea (me@danvoinea.ro).