1. The importance of extensive
reading for development of
language skills
Some reasons for the development
of the reading habits

2. Index

Why is important reading?
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Different skills developed:
− Comprehension
− Vocabulary
− Grammar

Ideas for the development of reading
habits

3. Why is important reading?

Acquiring knowledge (reading for
information). Different reading styles:
− Skimming
− Scanning

Learning different features of language
(reading for language)
That should be the major
reason, really!

Pleasure

4. This is just an example…

5. Comprehension

Scanning Looking for exact pieces
of information
General meaning

Skimming
Features of each text
All are undoubtfully necesary in our daily life
and work

6. Vocabulary

Learning in a meaningful way is better than
learning by heart

Guess the meaning by context

Learn words that are not usual in oral
speech

Better for people with visual memory
Use of dictionary: Good practice.

7. Grammar

It is learned in a intuitive way, as readers
are exposed to accurate forms of
language.

Opens doors for more complex language
structures.

Grammar can also be learned by grammar
books.
The better you can use grammar, the
beter you can explain complex
ideas.

8. Ideas for the deveopment of
reading habits

Having a class
library

Devoting some time
to reading in class

Story telling
activities but
prepared by pupils

Reading and then
speaking about
books