Angie Lee & Quan Chen American Language Program, California State University East Bay Pathways to Reading Success: Extensive Reading 2013 Northern Regional California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) Conference
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Angie Lee & Quan ChenAmerican Language Program, California State University East Bay
Pathways to Reading Success: Extensive Reading
2013 Northern Regional California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL)
Conference
• What is Extensive Reading?• Goals of Extensive Reading• Book Choices• Students Choose Book• Teacher Chooses Book
• Class Assignments • Survey Results • Recommendations • Bibliography
Outline
• Reading for pleasure• Read quickly and easily• Familiarity: 95 – 98% running words • Focused on the story not on items to learn
What is Extensive Reading?
• Enjoy reading • Develop fluency• Increase vocabulary • Read faster• Gain confidence • Become independent learner• Achieve higher motivation
Goals of Extensive Reading
Teacher Chooses Book• Teacher picked interesting graded reader book at class level • Selected book that was made into a movie
Book Choice
Students Choose Book• Students picked graded reader book at their level• Teacher reviewed book choice
Advantages• Freedom to choose book• Choose book they like or want to read• Intrinsic Motivation
Advantages & Disadvantages of Students Choose
Book Disadvantages • Hard to supervise whether students read • Cannot have a class discussion
Advantages & Disadvantages of Teacher Chooses Book
Advantages• Read in class• Improve pronunciation
& reading speed• Class discussion• More control
Disadvantages • Students don’t have freedom to choose book• Students loose interest in reading
Class AssignmentsStudents Choose Book• Weekly Book Reports• Summary• Vocabulary Journal• Prediction• Character, Setting, Conflict • Presentation• Summary, Author, Recommendation, Vocabulary, Evaluation
Teacher Choose Book• Reading Log• Summary• Word Log• Plot Development• Character Exploration
• Class Reading• Discussion • Quizzes • Presentation• Movie & Book Comparison
Student Survey Results Students Choose Book
Teacher Choose Book
Enjoyment 80% 70%Improvement 70% 80%
Success 90% 80%Encourageme
nt to read more
90% 100%
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How Did You Feel
Successful?
Students Choose Book
Teacher Choose Book
Completed Reading Book
33% 25%
Improved Reading Skill
55% 50%
Increased Vocabulary
12% 25%
Student Survey Results
Student Survey Results
Why or Why Not Would You Have Chosen Another Book To
Read?
Teacher Choose Book
No Change Book: Book Is Interesting.
No Change Book: Assigned By Teacher
38%29%
Change Book: Book Is Boring.Change Book: Book Is Too Difficult.
Change Book: Book Is too Easy.
29%0%4%
Recommendations
• Take a diagnostic test from graded reader website• http://www.penguinreaders.com/pr/students/the-right-reader.html
• More classroom structure for students choosing book to make sure they read book• Pair work: Summary, “Selling/criticizing book”• Sustained Silent Reading for 15 minutes
Nation, I. S. P. Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing. New York: Routledge, 2009. Print.
Sahr, Sarah. Creating a Reading Journal. TESOL Connections, 1 January 2013. Web. 3 May
2013. <http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/
tesolc/issu es/2013-01-01/3.html>.
Bibliography