This original and engaging book makes the case that extensive reading provides essential practice in learning to read.
Series editor's prefacePrefaceIThe Dimensions of Extensive Reading11An approach less taken: Extensive reading introduced32A cognitive view of reading103Affect: The secret garden of reading214The power of extensive reading: Insights from the research325Extensive reading and the second language curriculum40IIMaterials for Extensive Reading: Issues in Development516The cult of authenticity and the myth of simplification537Language learner literature63IIIThe Practice of Extensive Reading818Setting up a program: Curricular decisions839Materials: The lure and the ladder9610The extensive reading library10711Student orientation11812Building a community of readers12613The reading community in action14014Program evaluation15615Taking the approach less traveled164A bibliography of language learner literature in English169An EPER bibliography of high-quality language learner literature172Description of the series213References219Index233