Theory and Practice of the Mini-bibliobattle as an Output Activity of Extensive Reading

The purposes of the present paper are (a) to propose the Mini-Bibliobattle as an appropriate output activity linked with the extensive reading (ER) program by discussing its theoretical background and (b) to explore the effects of the Mini-Bibliobattle on the change of reading attitudes through one case study. The current paper firstly reviews the previous literature on the outcome of ER and points out that little study has been done concerning how the input of English gained through ER can efficiently be connected to the development of the output ability. In this paper, the Mini-Bibliobattle, in which each participant makes a three-minute presentation on his/her favorite book, answers the questions by the audience, and decides a champion book, was proposed as an appropriate output activities of ER. Then its rationale was discussed from the two perspectives, i.e., continuity with ER and relatedness to ER. Additionally, a case study was conducted with 46 third-year technical college students to investigate the effects on their reading attitudes. This case study found that (a) the participants came to read English more carefully than before (b) they came to expand the range of book selection and (c) most participants recognized that the Mini-Bibliobattle was a meaningful activity for their output ability development.