Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students

Many language instructors acknowledge the important role extensive reading plays in the acquisition of a second language. There are many ways in which an extensive reading programme can be intergrated into a language curriculum. This study reports of feedback from 2,461 learners of English as a seco...

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Main Authors:	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Othman, Khairiah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1187/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1187/1/Greece_-_ER_paper_2.pdf

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spelling	iium-11872020-03-19T07:48:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1187/ Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah L Education (General) Many language instructors acknowledge the important role extensive reading plays in the acquisition of a second language. There are many ways in which an extensive reading programme can be intergrated into a language curriculum. This study reports of feedback from 2,461 learners of English as a second language in a pre-university programme where extensive reading has been integrated as part of the language curriculum. Feedback was also obtained from 38 teachers involved in the extensive reading programme. Among others, this research reports on learners’ attitudes towards reading in general and also reading in the target language. Their responses will be compared to the response from the teachers 2008-07-28 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1187/1/Greece_-_ER_paper_2.pdf Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Othman, Khairiah (2008) Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students. In: International Conference on Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 28 - 31 July, 2008, Athens, Greece. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students
description	Many language instructors acknowledge the important role extensive reading plays in the acquisition of a second language. There are many ways in which an extensive reading programme can be intergrated into a language curriculum. This study reports of feedback from 2,461 learners of English as a second language in a pre-university programme where extensive reading has been integrated as part of the language curriculum. Feedback was also obtained from 38 teachers involved in the extensive reading programme. Among others, this research reports on learners’ attitudes towards reading in general and also reading in the target language. Their responses will be compared to the response from the teachers
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah
author_facet	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah
author_sort	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza
title	Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students
title_short	Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students
title_full	Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students
title_fullStr	Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students
title_full_unstemmed	Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students
title_sort	extensive reading with adult learners of english as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of malaysian pre-university students
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1187/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1187/1/Greece_-_ER_paper_2.pdf
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Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students

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