Monthly Archives: June 2011

‘ER and the Language Teacher’ by Alan Maley

As teachers, we often urge’ them’, our students, to engage in Extensive Reading(ER) as an effective way to develop and sustain their progress in the language.  But how about ‘us’?  Surely what is sauce for the goose is also sauce … Continue reading

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‘ER and the Foreign Language Learner’ by Alan Maley

So what are we to understand by Extensive Reading (ER)?  There seems to be a broad consensus that the following criteria have to be met, though not everyone would subscribe to every single one of them: 1.  Students read a … Continue reading

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