EXTENSIVE READING

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Requirement Subject : Intensive Reading -Theory of Reading -Vocabulary -Structure -Morphology -Syntax - punctuation

Extensive reading ???

Enjoy ! Enjoy ! Enjoy !

Reading for pleasure !

J.Bamford and R.Day. Cambridge University Press . 2004

Definition :
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Extensive Reading is the most efficient way to help students change old habits and become confident second language readers

. (Prof.Mary Lee Field, Wayne State University, Michigan)

.... Reading for a pleasure (Extensive Reading) is the major source of our reading competence, our vocabulary and our ability to handle complex grammatical constructions .

Prof.Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California.

Hints 4 success in extensive reading :

Reading Comprehension Exercises

Reading for Main Idea

Reading for Information

Exercises on Reading Comprehension

Increasing Reading Speed Evaluating Ideas

Understanding Shades of Menaing

Understanding Connotation

EXTENSIVE READING

Generalizing

Understanding Figurative

Making Inference
Summarizing

Drwaing Conclusion & Predicting Outcomes

Outlining

Taking Notes

Underlining

Main Ideas In Paragraphs

Understanding Sentence Core

Key Ideas in Sentences

Stated Implied

Reading for Main Idea