Extensive reading as a teaching srategy in enhacing learners reading motivation

الملخص EN

The current study reports on the use of extensive reading as a teaching strategy implemented within the curriculum to teach reading.

it aims at investigating the effectiveness of ER in motivating learners to become life-long readers and achieve better outcomes in reading comprehension.

to reach this aim, the study employed an experimental design that involves both quantitative and quantitative tools, students questionnaire, a classroom observation, pre and post tests as well as a teacher's interview.

a control and a treatment group from el Emir Abdelkader middle school in Blida level four were randomly selected to participate in the study.

findings revealed that the experimental group had positive improvements in their reading outcomes and were more motivated to read for pleasure.

despite the significant importance of ER in motivating learners to read, teachers believe that implementing ER in middle schools needs more interest.

based on the yielded results, more research is recommended to prove the effectiveness of such strategy on middle school learners.