Implementing Extensive Reading in Chinese EFL Classrooms: Response to Beglar Hunt (2014)

摘要

Drawing from the long-standing research tradition into extensive reading,Beglar&Hunt’s(2014)is an empirical study into the amount of reading and the nature of reading materials in EFL context which shed much light on EFL teaching and learning.As a response to the study,this paper discusses the theories and principles behind it,its enlightenment to the present author,and its implications of the application of extensive reading in college EFL classrooms in China.