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ERIC Number: EJ513640
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0951-0893
Extensive Reading: An Expensive Extravagance?
Davis, Colin
ELT Journal, v49 n4 p329-36 Oct 1995
Considers the benefits of extensive reading, examines some of the reasons for its failure to take off, describes two programs, and offers teachers some leading questions to help them develop their own programs. (three references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Program Descriptions, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Testing
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Cameroon; Extensive Reading; Singapore