Day and Bamford's ten principles defining a successful extensive reading program¶

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Description¶

The article presents Day and Bamford's (2002) ten principles that "define a successful ER program for L2 learners", covering easy and varied materials, learner choice, reading quantity, pleasure and general understanding as purposes, reading as its own reward, faster reading speed, individual silent reading, teacher orientation, and the teacher as a role model of a reader. Teachers are encouraged to use the principles "as a tool to examine their beliefs about reading". The study's treatment operationalised several of these principles.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

A variety of reading material on a wide range of topics must be available
Learners choose what they want to read

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

L2 learners in EFL contexts

Learning Goals¶

Reading fluency and volume
Vocabulary development through extensive reading

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Mohsen Jafarpour. (2014). The Effect of Incorporating the Extensive Reading Approach into Vocabulary Instruction on Learners' Lexical Depth in an EFL Context. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.5n.3p.162

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`title`	`Day and Bamford's ten principles defining a successful extensive reading program`
`description`	`The article presents Day and Bamford's (2002) ten principles that "define a successful ER program for L2 learners", covering easy and varied materials, learner choice, reading quantity, pleasure and general understand...`
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