Integrating Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading in an EFL Classroom with Harry Potter

Abstract

1. Introduction ⚫ Target learners: This textbook is designed for fourteen to fifteen-year-old Korean EFL learners in a private language institution. Learners’ language proficiency is expected to be Intermediate high to advanced low according to ACTFL. The target class consists of 10-12 students who are eager to participate activities in class. ⚫ Purpose: This textbook is designed to engage Korean ESL students in reading books in English and help them discover the joy of reading. This also aims to develop students’ reading comprehension, critical thinking and creative writing through pre and after reading activities. Additionally, various communication-based tasks are designed to enhance their communicative skills and foster collaborative learning. 2. Methodology: Extensive reading (ER) Intensive reading (IR) Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) 3. Expected outcomes - Students will be able to increase their motivation to read more and develop their language skills by reading for pleasure. - Students will be able to learn how to comprehend the reading passage effectively through various reading comprehensive activities. - Students will be able to build background knowledge by absorbing the lessons from the story. - Students will be able to improve their communicative language skills in various group works and communicative tasks in this lesson. - Students will be able to gain confidence in communicating in English by engaging interesting communicative activities. - Students will be able to foster their responsibility and mutual respect by participating in group works.