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Savasçi, Merve; Akyel, Ayse Semra – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2022
This quasi-experimental study aims to investigate the effects of Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), Assisted Repeated Reading (ARR), and Traditional Reading (TR) instructions integrated into an EFL reading program on EFL reading comprehension, silent reading rate, reading motivation, and attitudes toward EFL reading, by also addressing the potential…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Brannan, Lauren R.; Johnson, R. Burke; Giles, Rebecca M.; Kent, Andrea M. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2020
The purpose of the present study was to explore the beliefs and practices of teachers who implement independent reading in their classrooms. Results showed that teachers who implemented independent reading believed in the importance of both the quantity and quality of student reading. The teachers' practices of independent reading showed students…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
Gardiner, Steve – Educational Leadership, 2014
Having used sustained silent reading (SSR) to motivate reluctant readers in secondary level classes, Steve Gardiner uses the writing equivalent of SSR with secondary students who he wants to motivate and strengthen as authors. He describes the masterpiece assignment he devised and uses with students. Students work all school year on an extended…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Motivation, Secondary School Students, Sustained Silent Reading
Huang, Yi-Cheng – Cogent Education, 2015
The study aims to verify whether extensive reading (ER) is able to promote senior high school students' English reading motivation and foster positive attitude towards reading in English. It further explores the teachers' perceptions of and the challenges faced in the implementation of ER activities. An ER activity was held for 12 weeks with 258…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes
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
Parr, Judy M.; Maguiness, Colleen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2005
This article describes a small-scale project designed to help engage reluctant adolescent readers in voluntary reading practice during sustained silent reading (SSR). Three teachers worked with a secondary school reading expert to identify and agree on elements of effective instructional conversations and then implemented these "book talks" with a…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Sustained Silent Reading, Silent Reading, Adolescents