Type JournalArticle
Date 1997-05
Volume 21
Number 5
Tags nonfiction, language learning, extensive reading, 75 in 2019
Journal The Language Teacher

The Language Learning Benefits of Extensive Reading

Laufer's (1989) research suggests that learners need to be familiar with at least 95% of the running words in a text if they want to comprehend and thus perhaps learn from the text.

Name Role
Paul Nation Author