Extensive Reading for Statistical Learning

TL;DR: Extensive reading and the second-language curriculum as discussed by the authors has been studied extensively in the literature and it has been shown that it is beneficial for children to read more than they read in the first place.

TL;DR: The authors report on the trialling of fourteen 1,000 word-family lists made from the British National Corpus, and use these lists to see what vocabulary size is needed for unassisted comprehension of written and spoken English.

TL;DR: A revised edition of Nuttall's established text on the teaching of reading skills in a foreign language is presented in this paper, which examines the skills required to read effectively and suggests classroom strategies for developing them.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider eight key questions relating to grammar pedagogy in the light of findings from the study of how learners acquire a second language (SLA) and provide a statement of their own beliefs about grammar teaching.