Extensive Reading through Sustained Silent Reading: Developing Comprehension in Adult Learners
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Extensive Reading through Sustained Silent Reading: Developing Comprehension in Adult Learners

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https://doi.org/10.5070/B5.36658Creative Commons 'BY' version 4.0 license
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This article discusses an adjunct Sustained Silent Reading Program (SSR) in which getting satisfaction from reading and developing a better attitude toward reading are the goals. When doing SSR, student self-select books from a collection and read them. They also write journal entries, prepare oral and written book reports, and talk about books that they are reading. They receive recognition for the books they finish. While it is the student’s task to read and read a lot, it is the ESL program’s task to provide a variety of interesting books that students can understand.

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