Features of ER
Day & Bamford (1997) states that besides improve
their reading, writing, listening and speaking abilities and their
vocabularies will get richer, the students will become better and
more confident readers. They even praises the motivation aspect of Extensive reading, seeing its primal benefit in developing positive attitudes toward the foreign language and increased
motivation to study English language.
ER promotes Self- Directed Learning
The classroom certainly focuses on shorter texts and
extensive reading provides learners with the opportunity of
reading longer texts on their own and in their own way (Gibson, Eleanor & Levin, 1975). An important aspect of extensive
reading is the opportunity to develop their autonomous learning where the students do need to be liberated from dependence
on the teacher and reading gives them. Besides developing other
skills like speaking and writing, Extensive reading can give them
the confidence and competence to cope with longer texts (Nuttall, 1982).
approaches are conducted during school hours on five periods of English lessons. These pupils who form a heter