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BeeOasis: So here we are with Dr. Paul Nation, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wellington, Victoria (New Zealand).  And of course one of the most well-known linguists in the world. It’s an honor to have him. Just one quick question for our learners: How can extensive graded reading help you, help a student with their [...]

Interview with Dr. Charles Browne, Professor, Meiji Gakuin University. This is “Charles the Great,” from Meiji Gakuin University, and of course, English Central and many other places. And [he is] affectionately known as “Charlie.” We are going to ask him a couple of questions about extensive reading. [The] first question is, “What’s good about it?” [...]

This is Professor Thomas Robb from Kyoto Sangyo University, and he is one of the world’s renowned experts on extensive graded reading.  Q: Tell us. Why should students do extensive reading? Dr. Robb: Why? Because it works. I’ve done it for Japanese as well. Really? Yeah. So I chose a mystery novel writer and I read 35 of [...]

Here is a short interview with Dr. Richard Day. Dr. Day is a Professor at the University of Hawaii in the Department of Second Language Studies. He is a well-known and highly regarded linguist. In this interview on BeeOasis TV, Professor Day answers this question. Is extensive reading good for students of English? Interview Question: [...]

Julie is visiting the Spanish city of Madrid with her friends. One night, they decide to go to a beautiful restaurant in the Main Plaza of the city. Julie studied Spanish in high school, and she can communicate fairly well. But tonight she is having trouble understanding the menu. She wants to eat fish, but [...]

Here is a summary of this TED talk at BeeOasis Step 1. If you are a Chinese student, you start learning English in the third grade, by law. This year China will become the world’s largest English speaking country. Why English? In a single word: Opportunity. Opportunity for a better life, a job, to be [...]

In this video, Amane talks about her reading dream.

In this BeeOasis video, Dr. Hitoshi Nishizawa explains his research. He compared TOEIC scores for two kinds of students. Some studied for one year in English speaking countries. Others did extensive graded reading in Japan. Some of these students read more than 3 million words. And they got about the same TOEIC score (around 600) [...]