USING EXTENSIVE READING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY

Abstract

Reading is a source of learning and a source of enjoyment. Especially, in a second foreign language situation, a good reading ability is necessary for those studying English for academic and occupational purposes and many universities’curricula. Many previous studies showed that students devote large amounts of time to reading lessons in order to achieve such competence. Yet despite years of instruction and practice in reading, plenty of students have difficulty in improving their reading ability. Of course, there are a number of possible reasons for this such as the lack of vocabulary, reading fluency and reading habits. There are different ways to improve students’ reading ability and one of them is through Extensive Reading. Therefore, this paper aims to show problems students face while learning to read and identify benefits of Extensive Reading on improving students’ reading ability.