This is a course for pre-service secondary English teachers that aims to introduce the techniques of using literature and graded readers as extensive reading content for stimulating language learning tasks and activities. A well-balanced language course should provide students equal opportunities for meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development. Extensive reading of literature and graded readers provides the conditions needed for meaning-focused input and fluency development. Guidelines for selecting texts that are well-suited for particular language learners will be provided and samples of classroom language learning tasks designed for engaging students interactively with the texts will be reviewed. This course will also cover the principles in designing an extensive reading component for secondary English classes including independent extensive reading, class readers, reading circles, class/institution libraries, vocabulary coverag

CILO-1: Understand the important role that extensive reading plays in providing learners with a well-balanced English language course. CILO-2: Design and incorporate an extensive reading component into secondary English classrooms. CILO-3: Match extensive reading texts to targeted learners’ language abilities. CILO-4: Design language learning tasks that incorporate extensive reading.