Adult From Reading to Mastery: A Step-by-Step Approach to Expanding Writing and Vocabulary through Extensive Reading more

How can Extensive Reading (ER) be systematically leveraged to enhance writing and vocabulary skills at different proficiency levels? Based on six years of hands-on experience teaching students in a Korean academy, this session presents a step-by-step framework for integrating ER into writing and development across different learning stages. - Beginner: Building Foundations Guided Reading Responses – Using structured sentence starters to encourage early writing engagement. - Intermediate: Strengthening Skills Genre-Based Writing Tasks – Encouraging shadow writing from their reading and summaries, opinion pieces, and creative adaptations. - Advanced: Mastery and Expression Critical Analysis & Argumentative Writing – Developing independent thinking by engaging in comparative essays and theme-based writing. By following this structured approach, educators can effectively transform reading into a powerful tool for writing fluency and vocabulary expansion. Case study of students whose skills improved ensures that students not only absorb language but also actively produce and refine their linguistic abilities.