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Increasing students’ motivation in reading, language learning and natural sciences by using some modern nonfiction books

  • 1 Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Smolyan, Bulgaria

Abstract

This paper presents some contemporary nonfiction books for extensive reading that can be used with intermediate and advanced students, who are studying English language in a high school or university, especially suitable for programs, connected with natural sciences. The idea is to increase their motivation in reading as well as in learning the foreign language and natural sciences with some interesting assignments connected with these books that will also be proposed in the paper.

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