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Impact of Extensive Reading on TOEFL Scores: An Indonesian Case

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Extensive reading (ER) has been documented as a beneficial activity that contributes to the improvement of learners’ English proficiency and reading skills. However, very little research reported the impact of ER on young avid reader’s TOEFL scores. In this talk, I will present my qualitative case study research with a young female avid reader (age 13 and year 9 student) who got a 560 score (58 for structure & written expression; 51 for reading comprehension) of the TOEFL ITP test. Through in-depth two interviews and observation, I found that the prolonged engagement with ER activities since year 3 (from 2016-present) by reading English fiction novels and online Japanese manga has developed her vocabulary mastery, reading skills, and implicit knowledge, which eventually facilitates her to get good scores on the section of structure & written expression and reading comprehension test. This study implies the long-term ER benefits for high-stake test scores with EFL learners.

  • Mukrim Tamrin

    Mukrim obtained a bachelor’s degree in English education from the University of Tadulako in Indonesia. He then earned his Master from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2012), and Doctoral degree in School of Education, Leeds University (2019), United Kingdom. His research interests include English teaching and learning, teacher professional development, teacher research, extensive reading and Informal Digital Learning of English