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The Power of Extensive Reading
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Renandya, Willy A. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2007
My goal in this article is to discuss the empirical support for extensive reading and explore its pedagogical applications in L2/FL learning. I argue that the benefits derived from diverse studies on extensive reading in many different contexts are so compelling that it will be inconceivable for teachers not to make it an important feature of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning