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The Extensive Reading Foundation is a not-for-profit, charitable organization whose purpose is to support and promote extensive reading. One Foundation initiative is the annual Language Learner Literature Award for the best new graded readers in English. Another is maintaining a bibliography of research on extensive reading. The Foundation is also interested in helping educational institutions set up extensive reading programs through grants that fund the purchase of books and other reading material.
Contact us: exec@erfoundation.org
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Obituary: Robert O’Neill
Peter Viney pays tribute to Robert O’Neill, who has left us on 29th June 2014. ‘Robert O’Neill was a writer, not just a “textbook author.” This is recognized in the Extensive Reading Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Robert crafted original texts … Continue reading
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‘Why ER should be an indispensable part of all language programs’ by Rob Waring
‘A teacher’s goal is to make herself unemployed.’ – Anonymous This paper puts forward the idea that graded reading, or extensive reading, is a completely indispensable part of any language program, if not all language programs. In order to demonstrate … Continue reading
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