Why Read Big | ReadOasis

How to Acquire Language (Step 3)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Protected Step 3 Stories Why Read Big 0

ReadOasis Step 3 How do humans acquire languages? The answer is remarkably simple. All people everywhere acquire languages in the same way. “We acquire languages by understanding messages.” This is called the “comprehension hypothesis,” and it was made famous by the distinguished linguist Dr. Stephen Krashen. I give this... Read more

Word Power is Life

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels NGSL Quizzes Public Step 2 Stories Styles Why Read Big Words 0

ReadOasis Step 2 We all have something to say. A boy likes a girl, and so he says, “I like you!” A traveller gets lost, so he asks a stranger, “Can you show me the way?” A woman sees a man walk in front of a bus, and she... Read more

How to Acquire Language (Step 2)

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Public Step 2 Stories Why Read Big 0

ReadOasis Step 2 How do humans acquire languages? The answer is surprisingly simple. All people everywhere acquire languages in the same way. “We acquire languages by understanding messages.” This is called the “comprehension hypothesis,” and it was made by the linguist Dr. Stephen Krashen. I give this idea an... Read more

Reading Should Be Fun!

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Public Step 2 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 1

Interview with Dr. Charles Browne, Professor, Meiji Gakuin University. This is “Charles the Great,” from Meiji Gakuin University, and of course, English Central and many other places. And affectionately known as “Charlie.” We are going to ask him a couple of questions about extensive reading. first... Read more

Reading Makes Words Stick in Your Brain

B3-Intermediate++CEFR Levels Listen!Public Step 2 Styles Teachers Why Read Big 0

ReadOasis: So here we are with Dr. Paul Nation, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wellington, Victoria (New Zealand). And of course one of the most well-known linguists in the world. It’s an honor to have him. Just one quick question for our learners: How can extensive graded reading help... Read more

The Best Way to Learn Language

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Public Step 2 Stories Why Read Big 3

ReadOasis Step 2 What’s the best way to learn a foreign language? As a linguist, I hear this question all the time. My students are in Japan, and many of them want to learn English. So they often ask me, “What’s the best way to improve my English?” Students... Read more

Dear Skeptical Reader!

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Listen!Public Step 2 Stories TV Why Read Big 0

ReadOasis: So this is our our second question with Dr. Richard Day. And this is from a student, and basically it’s this: What would you say to a student who doesn’t want to do ER because, let’s say, he or she wants to spend more time improving their listening... Read more

A Small World of English

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Ideas Protected Step 2 Stories Top Picks Why Read Big 0

ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) Is it a small world after all? What do you think? Travellers easily move all around the world in the air. By the power of the Internet, a teacher in New Delhi meets face to face with a student in London. Through video link,... Read more

Is Extensive Reading Good for You?

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Public Step 2 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 0

Here is a short interview with Dr. Richard Day. Dr. Day is a Professor at the University of Hawaii in the Department of Second Language Studies. He is a well-known and highly regarded linguist. In this interview on ReadOasis TV, Professor Day answers this question. Is extensive reading good... Read more

1,000 English Learners Read 300,000,000 Words

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Protected Step 2 Stories Styles Why Read Big

ReadOasis Step 2 In the past few years, 1,000 English learners have read over 300,000,000 words at ReadOasis.com. That's a big number -- maybe 40,000 hours -- or 4 years of reading! We asked these learners about their experiences with big reading, and below we share the responses we... Read more

Word Magic!

A2-Beginner+BNC Levels CEFR Levels Public Step 2 Stories Styles Why Read Big 1

ReadOasis Step 2 Words are magic. Say a few words at a restaurant, and you get dinner! Say a few strong words like, “Hey stupid!” and you might get in a fight. Say the words, “I’m sorry,” and you might escape a fight. Say the words, “I love you,”... Read more

Reading Dreams (TV)

BNC Levels Listen!Protected Step 1 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 1

In this video, Amane talks about her reading dream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDNHDmegpOQ... Please login to read the rest of the story, or join ReadOasis today! Read more

Extensive Reading, Because it Works!

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Public Step 2 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 2

This is Professor Thomas Robb from Kyoto Sangyo University, and he is one of the world’s renowned experts on extensive graded reading. Q: Tell us. Why should students do extensive reading? Dr. Robb: Why? Because it works. I’ve done it for Japanese as well. Really? Yeah. So I chose a mystery novel... Read more

Dr. Day on Extensive Reading (TV)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Public Sciences Step 2 Stories Why Read Big 3

Transcript of the video. Extensive reading is an approach to the teaching of language which involves the students reading a lot of books that are easy and interesting and that they choose. Even though we say extensive reading is an approach to the teaching of reading, we’ve discovered through... Read more

Language Acquisition Theory (Part 1)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Protected Step 4 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 3

By Stephen Krashen ReadOasis Step 4 (Part 1) We're doing this for a few minutes just to briefly go over some of the fundamental concepts in our work in language acquisition. I'm gonna divide the presentation into three unequal parts. First, our theoretical work, and I'll be going through... Read more

Language Acquisition Theory (Part 2)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Protected Step 4 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 1

By Stephen Krashen ReadOasis Step 4 (Part 2) Let me begin this discussion by making what may appear to be an outrageous claim. I think we all acquire language in exactly the same way. The reason this is an outrageous thing to say is that these days in education... Read more

Language Acquisition Theory (Part 3)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Protected Step 4 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 0

By Stephen Krashen ReadOasis Step 4 (Part 3) Let me just give you the feeling for a couple of these problems. Let's say you're taking a standard language class, say it’s French, and it’s the beginning level. And today is the past tense day. Today is the day we’re... Read more

Language Acquisition Theory (Part 4)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Protected Step 4 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 0

By Stephen Krashen ReadOasis Step 4 (Part 4) Let me now summarize in a minute what just took me 20 minutes to say. We acquire language in one way when we get comprehensible input in a low anxiety situation. Now if this is true, we then have to consider... Read more

Language Acquisition Theory (Part 5)

B1-Intermediate BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Protected Step 4 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 0

By Stephen Krashen ReadOasis Step 4 (Part 5) Just a brief review of what's going on now from my point of view with elementary language teaching. At the elementary level I think there are some fine methods that do what they're supposed to do. They provide comprehensible input in... Read more

Get the Message on How to Learn English

A3-Beginner++BNC Levels CEFR Levels Listen!Protected Step 2 Stories Styles TV Why Read Big 0

ReadOasis Step 2 What's the problem? People study language in hard and boring ways -- that don't always work. The linguist Stephen Krashen says that we can solve this problem in an easy and fun way -- by getting lots of input that we understand. He calls it comprehensible input. So,... Read more