Tag: extensive reading (多読)

EL本棚紹介(85) Extensive Reading (多読) Series Global Issues Narratives

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EL本棚紹介(84) Extensive Reading (多読) Series from I Talk You Talk Press

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EL本棚紹介(82) My Neighbor Totoro and Castle in the Sky, by Hayao Miyazaki

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EL本棚Column: Thoughts on choosing an Extensive Reading Book

(日本語はこちらです) When I was a student, I studied Japanese in a variety of ways. For as long as I have studied Japanese, however, I have consistently done what we call Extensive Reading (多読). Therefore, in this blog post I want to offer some thoughts about choosing books for reading in a second language, based on both my personal perspective and some research in the field of language pedagogy. The most important thing is finding books that you will continue reading. Research on Extensive Reading consistently emphasizes both the role of enjoyment in reading and ease of comprehension. When teachers recommend books for extensive reading, however, we often point to “Graded …

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