From the author: The Extensive Reading Foundation

1. What is Extensive
Reading?
The Extensive Reading
Foundation

2. A quiz on “ER” . . .
Each slide will ask you a basic
question about Extensive
Reading.
Look at the answer choices.
Decide on one or more.
Ready?

3. How much should
students read?
•Just what the teacher tells
them to read.
•As much as they can read
carefully.
•As much as possible, even if
they don’t understand it all

4. What reading material
should they use?
•Their textbooks
•English novels
•Newspapers in English
•Graded Readers
•Materials in “Easy English”
•Online material
•Their textbooks
•English novels
•Newspapers in English
•Graded Readers
•Materials in “Easy English”
•Online material

5. Who should choose
the material?
•The teacher
•The student
•The teacher
•The student

6. How difficult should
the texts be?
•A little below their current
reading level.
•Just at their current level.
•A little above their reading
level.
•Texts for proficient users

7. How fast should
they read?
•At a slow pace so that they
can catch every word and
stop when they don’t
understand.
•As rapidly as possible even if
they don’t understand some
things.
•At a slow pace so that they
can catch every word and
stop when they don’t
understand.
•As rapidly as possible even if
they don’t understand some
things.

8. What is the
teacher’s job?
•To select the reading material.
•To set reading targets (books/words).
•To track how much they’ve read.
•To check they understand completely.
•To prepare follow-up activities.
•To encourage them to read by setting a
good example.

9. Where should the
students read?
•In class
•On the bus / train
•At home

10. How should the
students read?
•Individually
•Together as a class
•Out loud
•Silently

11. How did you do?