Using Extensive Reading to Improve First Year Students Learner Autonomy

Nguyen Van Son

Extensive Reading (ER) has been a hot topic among the scholars all over the world due to the benefits it brings to students’ study. It is often argued to improve learner autonomy, vocabulary learning, writing, attitude towards reading and so forth. This paper reviews the literature relevant to the above issues and indicates the challenges of implementing Extensive Reading into the language classrooms.