The Benefits of Implementing an Extensive Reading Program to Increase Vocabulary Acquisition in the Bilingual Classroom

Abstract

Extensive reading has widely proven to be of benefit for EFL learners, but little research examines the use of original books in Primary education. this paper displays a research carried out to find the benefits that imple menting an extensive reading program has on vocabulary acquisition and communicative skills improvement in a 3rd and a 4th grade classroom in a bilingual Primary school in Madrid. By way of comparing pre and post tests that measure percentage increase of control and target vocabulary use, findings support this approach in favour of a traditional textbook one, from which control words were extracted