The power of extensive reading

RELC Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-149

  Renandya, Willy A ^a  

^a SEAMEO Regional Language Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Book based methodology; Comprehension hypothesis; Extensive reading; Input hypothesis; Reading pedagogy; Second foreign language reading; Shared book approach; USSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149329671     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688207079578     Document Type: Review

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