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Peer reviewedMason, Beniko; Krashen, Stephen – System, 1997
Overviews three experiments exploring the value of extensive reading in English as a foreign language for college students in Japan. Notes that in extensive reading, students do self-selected reading with minimal accountability, i.e. writing brief summaries or comments on what they have read. Findings reveal extensive reading to be superior to…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
