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Advanced Learner’s Self-Directed Extensive Reading

This paper reports the findings obtained in the first year of a long-term diary study of self-directed extensive reading conducted by the author. Various data collection methods, including diary entries and analyses of reading rate changes and unknown word frequency patterns, are employed to obtain introspective and objective results. The findings include a statistically significant reading rate increase and illustrate the intricate relationship between the author’s motivation toward L2 reading and her investment in it.