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Chang, Anna C.-S.; Renandya, Willy A. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
Narrow reading has not received much attention from researchers regarding its contributions on L2 learners' background knowledge, vocabulary knowledge, and writing styles. This study therefore investigated the effect of narrow reading on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' vocabulary learning. Twelve graded readers were selected and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Recall (Psychology)
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