This  bachelor thesis studies the impact of extensive reading
on primary school learners of English. The work explains that
extensive reading influences positively both language skills
and students' motivation. The bachelor thesis is focused on the
importance of connecting extensive reading with reading for
pleasure, fluent reading and reading for general understanding.
     In the theoretical part, the term extensive reading is
explained in detail. Above all I focused on the value of
extensive reading and its impact on various language areas. I
tried to find the most suitable and efficient methods to
include extensive reading in the language classroom to
encourage learners to read extensively.
     In the practical part of this thesis, I dealt with
creating and including an extensive reading programme in the
school where I teach. The aim of my reaserch was to analyze
data obtained from the tests where students' reading rates,
reading comprehension, language proficiency and vocabulary
knowledge were measured before and after the extensive reading
programme and thus to prove that extensive reading has a
positive and powerful effect on learning language.