Extensive Reading: a look at its effects on long term reading habits

Speaker: Richard Lemmer
Date: Saturday, May 20th, 2006
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Okayama
Venue: Okayama Sankaku building near Omotecho in Okayama city
Description: Numerous studies have attributed positive affective results, improved reading fluency, vocabulary acquisition and additional learner gains to extensive reading (ER). Much ER research has involved intact classes and short term gains. This study compares the reading habits of junior college English department graduates who participated in an ER program for four semesters with those who did not.
Cost for JALT members: free
Cost for JALT non-members: 500 yen
Organization: Okayama Chapter, Japan Association for Language Teaching
This URL: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/details/3079


Contact Okayama JALT Chapter:
Richard Lemmer:
  richard@icity.or.jp
Neil Cowie:
  ncowie@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp





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