■ This paper presents three consecutive studies on the effect of extensive reading on the development of reading and vocabulary for Taiwanese university nonEnglish majors. Each study used a different approach, with subsequent studies adjusting the methodology in response to the results of the previous year. These results confirm other findings, using different subjects in other countries, that ...

This paper describes an extensive reading program conducted in three rural secondary or middle schools in Malaysia, aimed at motivating the students to read extensively in English and helping them overcome their problems in understanding English texts as a means towards increasing their proficiency in the language. The paper begins by discussing the rationale for extensive reading for students ...

As Covid-19 restrictions promise to loosen and international borders begin open, transnational students are again preparing for language education abroad. However, due students’ low reading rates (RRs), target institutions’ courses’ large demands pose potential challenges success. To address this, this study explored the of employing an unassisted repeated procedure (rate build-up, RBU) increas...