This chapter first discusses key features of various language teaching approaches, which tend to give more emphasis on the explicit teaching of language knowledge. The target language is often broken down into small units to be presented in a piecemeal fashion. While this way of teaching language is not without value and can help develop students’ explicit language knowledge, we argue that te…
Kegiatan Extensive Reading saat ini yang mulai dilirik dan mendapat perhatian lebih khususnya untuk meningkatkan kualitas dan skill siswa dalam berbahasa Inggris yang bisa dilakukan dimanapun dan kapanpun bisa disajikan dalam berbagai cara salah satunya adlah melalui strategi task-based learning atau pembelajran berbasis tugas yang diyakini akan meningkatkan keterampilan siswa dalam berbahasa I…
There are three main points of discussion in this book, the first of which is to elucidate the theory and principles underlying extensive reading. Long-held principles will be discussed in light of practical classroom and contextual considerations. Secondly, a critical summary of current research on extensive reading that has been conducted in English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a…