I recorded myself rehearsing for my talk at #IATEFL2024 in Brighton but realized afterwards that I had skipped a slide that I needed to include as it was about how ER improves even speaking. this is what it said:

Why do Extensive Reading? "When EFL students read extensively, they become fluent readers. But there is more. Studies have established that EFL students increase their vocabulary and become better writers. We also know that reading extensively helps increase oral fluency—listening and speaking abilities. Finally, students who read a lot develop positive attitudes toward reading and increased motivation to study English. So, there are some excellent reasons for having EFL students reading extensively."

(Dr Richard R. Day in Bringing extensive reading into the classroom, OUP 2012)

You can watch the 25-minute video here: 
Extensive Reading improves every skill, even speaking. Try it! IATEFL Brighton 2024

 

Reading your way to Proficiency

 This is just to prove that I also post about other subjects than #SpeechtoText! This is about #ExtensiveReading

Nearly ten years ago I used a PowerPoint presentation to try to motivate my students to read as much as possible. I recorded myself as I used the slides, but the recording wasn't very good quality, so I got a transcript by using https://speechtonote.com/ and recorded myself using the PowerPoint slides and the transcript from ten years ago and made a video of it.

Here is the video:

https://youtu.be/wdACs1n1iGs  

If you would prefer to show your students the PowerPoint slides and explain the advantages of Extensive Reading yourself, you can find the slides here along with other material related to Extensive Reading.

https://bit.ly/42SBkNS