ER vs IR

Extensive reading
- reading a lot
- reading for pleasure (not for studying)
- understanding the general ideas
- top-down
- to develop overall proficiency (=reading fluency)
- meaning (not language)
- fast reading
- easy reading
- fun reading
- book report activities
- student centered
- not classroom activity, individual activity
- silent reading, relaxed position
- promote students' motivation of English reading and target language culture

Intensive reading
- reading rather smaller amount of texts, short passages
- reading for analyzing languages and study
- grammar, vocabulary, organizing the whole story
- bottom-up
- to develop reading accuracy
- language forms focused
- comprehension check, testing purposes
- selective collection of standard English
- efficient study with time limit
- specific goals of study, systematically structured
- teacher centered
- classroom activity, not interesting, motivation decline
- not authentic reading, with conscious
- burdensome, stress

Solution?!