The purposes of this study were to investigate the overall effectiveness of extensive reading,
whether learners' age impacts learning, and whether the length of time second language …

Several empirical studies and syntheses of extensive reading have concluded that extensive
reading has positive impacts on language learning in second‐and foreign‐language …

Many studies have shown that reading can have a beneficial effect on second language
learning, but relatively few of these have focused on extensive reading in classroom …

This paper presents three consecutive studies on the effect of extensive reading on the
development of reading and vocabulary for Taiwanese university non-English majors. Each …

There are three purposes of this paper, the first of which is to elucidate the theory and
principles underlying extensive reading. Long-held principles will be discussed in light of …

A meta-analysis was performed to investigate the impact of extensive reading (ER) on
reading proficiency. This study gathered 71 unique samples from 49 primary studies …

Extensive reading (ER) is an effective way to provide large amounts of comprehensible input
to foreign language learners, but many teachers and administrators remain unconvinced …

My goal in this article is to discuss the empirical support for extensive reading and explore its
pedagogical applications in L2/FL learning. I argue that the benefits derived from diverse …

What is extensive reading (ER)? What is an extensive reading approach to second
language reading instruction9 Are the learnmg benefits large enough to justify the inclusion …

Few studies have examined the development of foreign language learners' reading rates
through extensive reading. The previous studies conducted have methodological limitations …