Online papers

Published papers and manuscripts available in MS Word, PDF or HTML format.

See also the ER Foundation’s Annotated Bibliography with 500+ entries

• Barfield, Andy — Extensive Reading: from graded to authentic text
  

  Studies in Foreign Language Teaching, 19, 25-48 (Foreign Language Center, University of Tsukuba).

• Barfield, Andy — The promise and practice of extensive reading: An interview with George Jacobs and Willy Renandya.
  

  Literacy Across Cultures, 2000. 3(2), 25-30

• Bell, Timothy — Extensive Reading: Speed and Comprehension
  

  InThe Reading Matrix,
  Vol. 1, No. 1, April 2001. This study shows significant increases in reading speed and comprehension for the ‘extensive’ group over the ‘intensive’ group.

• Chow, Ping-Ha & Chi-Ting Chou — Evaluating Sustained Silent Reading in Reading Classes,
  

  The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. VI, No. 11, November 2000 .

• Haver, Johanna — Rebuttal of Dr. Stephen Krashen’s Critique of Structured English Immersion
  

  See also Krashen’s original article below.

• Heal, Louise — Motivating large reading classes
  

  The Language Teacher 22(12), December 1998 [Link dead]

• Jacobs, G. M., & Gallo, P. (2002, February). Reading alone together: Enhancing extensive reading via student-student cooperation in second-language instruction.
  

  Reading Online, 5(6)

• Krashen, Stephen — More Smoke and Mirrors: A Critique of the National Reading Panel (NRP) Report on “Fluency”
  

  Phi Delta Kappan, October, 2001

• Krashen, Stephen — Comments on Johanna Haver, Structured English Immersion (2003)
  

  See also J. Haver’s rebuttal listed above.

• Lituanas, Propitas M, George M Jacobs & Willy Renandya — A Study Of Extensive Reading With Remedial Reading Students (MS Word document)
  

  Chapter in a volume published by the International Reading Association: Mee, Cheah Yin & Moi, Ng Seok, Eds. (1999). Language Instructional Issues in Asian Classrooms. pp 89-104. This paper reports a study that used a pre-test, post-test control group design to measure the effectiveness of extensive reading with remedial reducing students in a Philippines secondary school. Results suggest that extensive reading led to greater gains that traditional reading instruction.

• Mason, Beniko and Stephen Krashen — Can We Increase the Power of Reading by Adding More Output and/or Correction? (manuscript)
• Mason, Beniko (2004) — The effect of adding supplementary writing to an extensive reading program
• Mason, Beniko (2005) — Extensive Reading; Why do it, how to do it, how not to do it
• Ono, Leslie, Richard Day, & Kenton Harsch (2004) — Tips for Reading Extensively Forum, Vol 42.4, p. 12
• Pino-Silva, Juan — Extensive Reading Through the Internet: Is It Worth the While?
  

  The Reading Matrix, Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2006.

• Powell, Stephen John — Extensive Reading and Its Role In Japanese High Schools (manuscript)
• Powell, Stephen John — Extensive Reading and its Role in the Future of English Language Teaching in Japanese High Schools
  

  The Reading Matrix, Vol. 5, No. 2, September 2005.

• Renandya, W. A., B. R. S. Rajan,, & G. M. Jacobs — ER with Adult Learners of English as a Second Language
  

  (1999). Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language. RELC Journal, 30, 39-61.
  This article reports a study that looked at the effect of reading habits on the second language learning of government officials from Vietnam learning English in Singapore. Results suggest that extensive reading is a significant predictor of second language proficiency.

• Robb, Thomas N. & Bernard Susser — Extensive Reading vs Skills Building in an EFL Context
  

  Reading in a Foreign Language,12(2), 1989

• Rosszell, Rory — The role of Extensive Reading in second language vocabulary acquisition.
  

  In K. Bradford-Watts, C. Ikeguchi, & M. Swanson (Eds.) JALT2005 Conference Proceedings. Tokyo: JALT, (2006). (PDF 753kb)

• Rosszell, Rory — Two key issues to consider in the design of an effective ER program: Self-selection and integration.
  

  In The Language Teacher, 31(12), pp. 3-8. Tokyo: JALT (2007). © JALT &amp Rory Rosszell. (PDF 468kb)

• Seow, Anthony — What Do We Really Want Out of USSR?
  

  Teaching of English Language and Literature (TELL) Journal,
  Volume 15, Number 2, November 1999

• Schmidt, K. (2007). Five factors to consider in implementing a university extensive reading program.

  The Language Teacher, 31(5), 11-14. In preparation for this article, Ken interviewed eight experienced practitioners in Japan about their work with extensive reading. Substantial interview excerpts and an expanded version of the article are provided.

• Susser, Bernard & Thomas Robb — EFL Extensive Reading Instruction: Research and Procedure
  

  JALT Journal, 12(2), November 1990