Kotesol 2016 extensive reading

focus on meaning rather than form
reading independently

3 elements of ER
1. linguisitic ; students should be able to understand
2. cognitive ; sherlok homes
3. affective ; appealing
feel sad surprised angry so that it stay longer with them

linguistic consideration
kids learn implicitly and in complex terms when they read

benefit of ER
internalize thousands of fixed language patterns

book recommanded
11laws of likability

1.
2.
3. Choice of material
4. Variety

a book a week
15 min a day
repeated reading
narrow readign; same genre (familiar interesting)

website
extensive reading central
storylineonline

5 finger rule
open one page of a book. one finger for each word you dont know
0-1 too easy
2
3-4
5 too hard

criteria
motivation relevant interest

Teacher modelling in singapore

teachers sho what they read what they enjoyed
explaining what they are about
poster presentation
I read too so should you

Teacher Monitoring
avoid giving heasy assignments
book summaries are not fun

pos reading activities should be
simple, fun, exciting, 5min maximum

favorite sept book linky
only few sentences

Why not ER?
not enough time
students are not motivated