{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/add-light-accountability-to-extensive-reading",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1141",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Add light accountability to extensive reading",
  "summary": "A tiny output can make reading visible without turning it into homework bureaucracy.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "After a reading block, produce one lightweight evidence item: a two-sentence summary, one question, a short voice retell, one useful idea or a choice between a few comprehension prompts. Keep it small enough that reading remains the main activity. The point is attention and continuity, not testing every detail.",
  "limits": [
    "Heavy quizzes and long reports can reduce reading volume. The moderator evidence supports accountability broadly, not a specific testing burden."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-language-reading-writing-and-multilingual-control"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-D23ACDC5FEE480C7"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A 2025 meta-analysis found positive small-to-medium effects of extensive reading across reading comprehension, vocabulary, decoding/fluency, motivation, writing, oral proficiency and general language proficiency.",
      "source_id": "RS-D23ACDC5FEE480C7",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Extensive reading programs varied substantially, and positive average effects do not define one universal text difficulty or weekly volume.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    },
    {
      "claim": "In the same extensive-reading synthesis, effects were larger when text choice was limited and when some form of accountability was present.",
      "source_id": "RS-D23ACDC5FEE480C7",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Accountability can be light; the finding does not show that frequent testing or detailed book reports are necessary.",
      "locator": "Abstract moderator results"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "Reading is easy to postpone or complete passively because nothing marks whether the text was understood."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Heavy quizzes and long reports can reduce reading volume. The moderator evidence supports accountability broadly, not a specific testing burden."
  ],
  "example": "After 20 minutes of English nonfiction, record a 45-second spoken summary instead of writing a page of notes.",
  "check": "The accountability step takes a small fraction of the reading time and demonstrates gist-level understanding.",
  "steps": [
    "Read for meaning.",
    "Close the text.",
    "Produce one short summary, retell, question or takeaway.",
    "Check only if a misunderstanding matters.",
    "Record completion and move on."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-D23ACDC5FEE480C7",
      "title": "Learning a Language Through Reading: A Meta-analysis of Studies on the Effects of Extensive Reading on Second and Foreign Language Learning",
      "url": "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-025-10068-6"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-81FD7B9C261CB553",
      "title": "Use reading, writing and multilingual feedback without losing transfer",
      "url": "/collections/use-reading-writing-and-multilingual-feedback-without-losing-transfer"
    }
  ]
}