Teaching Extensive Reading in Another Language (ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series) - Hardcover

Nation, I.S.P.; Waring, Rob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367408260 ISBN 13: 9780367408268

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

This comprehensive book by renowned scholars Paul Nation and Rob Waring accessibly covers all aspects of extensive reading in second and foreign language contexts. The book serves as a major update to the field on the topic, with current research findings on extensive reading as they relate to motivation, reading fluency, and vocabulary learning, among other topics.

Clear and straightforward, it includes case studies, strategies, and methods for implementing and assessing effective extensive reading in the classroom and provides resources and tools for preservice teachers of ESL/EFL and foreign languages.

Suitable for programs in TESOL and Applied Linguistics with courses in L2 reading, reading instruction, TESOL methods, and foreign language reading or teaching, it will appeal to students and preservice teachers as well as English language teaching professionals and EFL/ESL teachers.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Nation is Professor Emeritus in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Rob Waring is Professor at Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama, Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367408260
• ISBN 13: 9780367408268
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212