Different between Extensive and Intensive Reading

Extensive Reading Task

No Different Extensive Reading Intensive Reading
1. Purpose General understanding and enjoyment Language study
2. Level Easy (graded readers) Difficult (the material is written for native speaker)
3. Amount a lot (a book a week) Not much
4. Speed Fast and fluently Slow
5. Selection Learner selects Teacher selects
6. What Materials All learners read different things All learners study the same materials
Explanation :
1. Purpose :
- In extensive reading the purpose is to understanding generally what the book tells about, usually, the vocabulary of extensive reading is the easy one or the vocabulary that usually use the readers only a little bite that difficult one. So that, the readers to be enjoyment what they read not to borring. And, they have a fantastic spirit for finishing it and try to read more book like it too.
- In Intensive reading the purpose is to language study. This reading class only for the learners who want to study the english especially. So that, this is dislike by beginning learners who want to happy for reading not to difficult them.
2. Level :
- In extensive reading the level is focus on the beginner learners. That learners are divided into easy (graded reading). The materials is written to the beginner learners.
- In Intensive reading the level is difficult focus on the native speaker. This reading class only for native speakers who have many knowledge about the language. And they know more than the beginners.
3. Amount
- In extensive reading the amount is a lot. Because the reading is easy the readers can to read many book. Maybe can to read a book a day, or a book a week.
- In intensive reading the amount is not much. Because the reading is difficult the readers can not to read more. They read slowly for understanding what book about. Maybe they only can to read a book a week or a book a month.
4. Speed
- In extensive reading the speed of the readers is fast and fluent. This cause is the reading is easy so that, the readers can to read fast because they easy for understanding the reading.
- In intensive reading the speed is slow. This cause is the readers must to understanding all of the reading. They must to read slowly to easy for understanding.
5. Selection
- In extensive reading the selection is for learner selects. Because the reading is easy this focus on the learner selects.
- in intensive reading the selection is for teacher selects. Commonly the teachers have more knowledge to understand the difficult reading.
6. What materials
- in extensive reading, all learners read different thing because the materials is easy the learners can to read fast and if they finished it they can to move to other different thing.
- in intensive reading, all learners study the same materials because they read the reading slowly till they understanding, so, they can not to move to other thing. They only focus on the same materials.