EXTENSIVE READING APPROACH IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Authors
P.S. Romanov
Affiliation
University of Technology, Korolev
Issue 17
Pages
129-138

The article reveals some tools for improving the motivation of students. Learners of English as a second language. The most important practical conclusions from the review of the theoretical approaches, including the so-called extensive reading, the last can be used effectively to overcome language anxiety status and motivation of students in non-language universities. The definition of "extensive reading" still causes confusion among researchers and scholars. The term "extensive reading" first appears in the works of famed linguist Harold Palmer. A noticeable acceleration of work on the exploration of extensive reading received after the publication of the famous foreign linguists, Stephen Krashen, Richard Day, Julian Bamford in the mid 80-ies of the last century. The method of extensive reading was a logical extension of the well-known theory of Stephen Krashen's five input hypothesis when learning a foreign language. Practical implementation of theoretical works listed scientists had found a place in many works of practitioners-teachers of a foreign language, mainly English, in many countries all over the world. The specific variants on formation of boundary conditions of this method application are listed here. 

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Romanov, P.S. (2015). Extensive reading approach in second language learning. Issues of Applied Linguistics, 17, 129-138.

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