Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | The article describes an experiment into the effect of a 90 hour extensive reading programme using graded readers on the language development of a group (N = 25) of learners of English as an L2 in Pakistan. Results show significant gains in both fluency and accuracy of expression, though not in range of structures used. It is suggested that extensive reading can provide learners with a set of linguistic models which may then, by a process of over-learning, be assimilated and incorporated into learners' active L2 repertoire. The results are discussed with reference to a related study by the same authors in an ESL context in the UK. © 1990. |
