Reading beyond the classroom. Effects and advantages of extensive reading practice focused to be part of the english programs at the Universidad Santo Tomas, Tunja

This works intends to observe and describe the effects of doing extensive reading to a group of students who are taking the fifth level of English at Universidad Santo Tomas, this process is part of the English program. This project supplies students a proper environment for the development of the extensive reading through authentic texts, characterized by the free and controlled practice, where students have the chance to take their own decisions under teacher's supervision. The information was collected through teachers' diaries, oral and written students' reports, and from interviews to the same students.