Implementing Extensive Reading in English Language Teaching

Tóm tắt

This paper has provided an overview of extensive reading in English language teaching (ELT) in Vietnamese context. It is mainly organized in accordance with the four main parts: (1) introduction, (2) literature review, (3) implementing the program of extensive reading in the Vietnamese context, and (4) conclusion. In the first part, the introduction, the writer introduces the necessity and the importance of extensive reading which would be the rationale of the paper. The part of literature review shows some definitions and descriptions of extensive reading, which clearly gives a full understanding about extensive reading. The third part is related to implementing the program of extensive reading in ELT classrooms in Vietnam, which includes some challenges, promises and suggestions for the implementation. The final part concludes main points of the whole paper with the hope that teachers and educators should try their best in applying and encouraging learners in extensive reading.