Paul Nation - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Most vocabulary learning should occur incidentally through listening and reading. This is one of the  reasons  why  a  substantial  extensive  reading  program  is  an  important  part  of  an  English course.  Extensive  reading  requires  the  learners  to  do  large quantities  of  reading  using  material that  is  at  the  right  level  for  them.  Vocabulary  learning  occurs  through  the  conditions  of repetition,  retrieval,  creative  use,  and  deliberate  attention.  These  conditions  can  be  maximized when reading through the use of narrow reading, repeated reading, linked skills reading, reading with  discussion,  and  deliberate  learning  through  reading  with  exercises.  Computer-based activities can be effective in  providing opportunities for deliberate learning, but it is important that deliberate learning does not take time away from extensive reading.

Vocabulary Learning, conditions, extensive reading