Table of Contents

Part I. THE DIMENSIONS OF EXTENSIVE READING 1 An Approach Less Taken: Extensive Reading Introduced; 2 A Cognitive View of Reading; 3 Affect: The Secret Garden of Reading; 4 The Power of Extensive Reading: Results from the Research; 5 Extensive Reading and the Second Language Curriculum Part II. MATERIALS FOR EXTENSIVE READING: ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT 6 The Cult of Authenticity and The Myth of Simplification; 7 Language Learner Literature Part III. THE PRACTICE OF EXTENSIVE READING 8 Setting Up a Program: Curricular Decisions; 9 Materials: The Lure and The Ladder; 10 The Extensive Reading Library; 11 Student Orientation; 12 Building a Community of Readers; 13 The Reading Community in Action; 14 Program Evaluation; 15 Taking the Approach Less Traveled

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This original and engaging book makes the case that extensive reading provides essential practice in learning to read.

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'... the meat of the book, detailed and practical advice on how to organise an extensive reading programme. A must for any teacher training library.' EL Gazette