How to Promote Extensive Readig

Today we'll be talking about different ways to promote extensive reading. But first what is extensive reading?

Extensive reading is simply reading for the sheer pleasure of it, doing it because you want to and not because someone told you to, reading a book, newspaper, magazine, etc. at the bus, school, your house or whenever you have some free time are examples of extensive reading.

Teachers want to encourage students to do extensive reading because this way the students learn without realizing it, and this increases their confidence with the language.

So some of the things teachers do to encourage extensive reading is to give the students a library of magazine, newspapers, books, etc. Also teachers often teach the students how to select which material to read based on their level and giving the students some classroom time to read.

Some other activities the teachers can do is to make the students do a book report or to have them answer some questions once they finish the book, but without making it an assignment, this can be an optional activity.

Also students should be allowed to chose their own reading material so that they choose something they find interesting, and its also important to encourage the students to share what they learned from reading the book, magazine, newspaper, etc.