Teachers sourcebook for extensive reading

• Main Authors: Jacobs, George M. (Author), Farrell, Thomas S. C. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2012.
• Subjects: Reading.; Individualized reading instruction.; Children > Books and reading.; Motivation in education.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615131
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-779-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (v, 119 pages)

The best way for students to learn to read and to come to love reading is - surprise, surprise - by reading in quantity. Unfortunately, many of today's students read far too little. This lack of time spent reading is particularly unfortunate, as reading constitutes a bedrock skill, essential in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Extensive reading: What and why
• Part I. Materials for extensive reading
• Chapter 2. Finding materials for extensive reading
• Chapter 3. Students as writers of extensive reading materials
• Chapter 4. Teachers as writers of extensive reading materials
• Part II. Implementing extensive reading
• Chapter 5. Motivating students to read
• Chapter 6. Activities to accompany extensive reading
• Chapter 7. Cooperative learning and extensive reading
• Part III. Teachers as advocates for extensive reading
• Chapter 8. Convincing colleagues and ourselves to use extensive reading
• Chapter 9. Doing our own research on extensive reading
• References.