Preparing language teachers for the AI-enhanced reading classroom: Recontextualizing Day and Bamford’s ten principles for extensive reading

The advent of generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly revolutionizing L2 acquisition in general and L2 reading practices in particular. In this conceptual paper, we revisit Day and Bamford’s “Ten Principles for Extensive Reading” and offer a “Ten Principles 2.0” framework designed for the GenAI age. Where the initial principles stress the humanist/pleasure-based dimension of reading, GenAI gives rise to innovative means for adaptivity and responsiveness in creating dynamic texts and providing real time linguistic support. This article discusses a transition from traditional text “grading” to just-in-time (JIT) content generation. In addition, it suggests a teacher role transition from traditional librarians to “AI Ethicist” and “Prompt Engineer,” outlining teacher training pathways within this conceptual framework. Lastly, we examine a need for bridging AI affordances and humanist principles in ensuring technology enhances rather than replacing the human intellectual and emotional effort of reading.