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    Intensive Vs Extensive Reading

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    Intensive reading involves reading texts in detail with specific learning aims and tasks. It focuses on linguistic details like grammar and vocabulary. The reader looks closely at the text, reading it again and again. The goal is to build language knowledge. Extensive reading involves reading texts for pleasure and to develop general skills. Readers select texts that are at an easy level. The focus is on reading quickly and in large quantities. The goal is enjoyment and general understanding. Activities may include reading logs, journals, or reports.

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    Intensive Vs Extensive Reading

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    Intensive reading involves reading texts in detail with specific learning aims and tasks. It focuses on linguistic details like grammar and vocabulary. The reader looks closely at the text, reading it again and again. The goal is to build language knowledge. Extensive reading involves reading texts for pleasure and to develop general skills. Readers select texts that are at an easy level. The focus is on reading quickly and in large quantities. The goal is enjoyment and general understanding. Activities may include reading logs, journals, or reports.

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    Intensive reading involves reading texts in detail with specific learning aims and tasks. It focuses on linguistic details like grammar and vocabulary. The reader looks closely at the text, reading it again and again. The goal is to build language knowledge. Extensive reading involves reading texts for pleasure and to develop general skills. Readers select texts that are at an easy level. The focus is on reading quickly and in large quantities. The goal is enjoyment and general understanding. Activities may include reading logs, journals, or reports.

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    Intensive Vs Extensive Reading

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    Intensive reading involves reading texts in detail with specific learning aims and tasks. It focuses on linguistic details like grammar and vocabulary. The reader looks closely at the text, reading it again and again. The goal is to build language knowledge. Extensive reading involves reading texts for pleasure and to develop general skills. Readers select texts that are at an easy level. The focus is on reading quickly and in large quantities. The goal is enjoyment and general understanding. Activities may include reading logs, journals, or reports.

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    Intensive reading

    Intensive reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks. It can be
    compared with extensive reading, which involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop
    general reading skills.
    Characteristics:

    Reader is intensely involved in looking inside the text


    Students focus on linguistic or semantic details of a reading
    Students focus on surface structure details such as grammar and discourse markers
    Students identify key vocabulary
    Students may draw pictures to aid them (such as in problem solving)
    Texts are read carefully and thoroughly, again and again
    Aim is to build more language knowledge rather than simply practice the skill of reading

    Skills developed:

    rapid reading practice


    interpreting text by using:
    -word attack skills
    -text attack skills
    -non-text information

    Extensive reading
    Extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills. It
    can be compared with intensive reading, which means reading in detail with specific learning aims and
    tasks.
    Characteristics:

    Students read as much as possible.


    A variety of materials on a range of topics is available.
    Students select what they want to read .
    The purposes of reading are usually related to pleasure, information and general understanding.
    Reading is its own reward.
    Reading materials are well within the linguistic competence of the students in terms of vocabulary

    and grammar.
    Reading is individual and silent.
    Reading speed is usually faster than slower.
    Teachers orient students to the goals of the program.
    The teacher is a role model of a reader for the students.

    Activities:
    Students may complete any of the following:
    1. a reading log (recording number of pages read and at what level)
    2. a reading journal (reflections on the text read)
    3. a reflection on what they noticed about their own reading
    4. a book report or summary
    5. a retelling of part of the text
    6. book project

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