A teacher of Class VII is facilitating the reading of books other than the…

In language pedagogy, reading approaches are classified by their purpose and the source of the text. Intensive reading is the close, detailed study of one specific (often prescribed) text for accuracy in grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension. Extensive reading means reading large quantities of self-selected or supplementary material — books beyond the prescribed textbook — for general understanding, fluency, and enjoyment, at the learner's own pace. Shared reading is a teacher-led activity in which the teacher and students read a common text together, modelling fluent reading. Guided reading is small-group instruction in which the teacher actively supports students through a text matched to their reading level.

Here, the teacher of Class VII is having students read books other than the prescribed textbooks. This is precisely the extensive-reading practice: widening students' reading beyond the set text to build reading habit, fluency, and enjoyment, rather than following one fixed instructional format tied to a single text.

• Intensive reading centres on close, detailed analysis of one (usually prescribed) text — the opposite of moving students onto books outside the textbook.

• Shared reading is a joint, teacher-led read-aloud of a single common text with the whole class, not a practice of encouraging independent reading of assorted outside books.

• Guided reading is small-group instruction in which the teacher closely supports students through one text matched to their level, not simply giving access to non-prescribed books.

Because the teacher is widening reading beyond the prescribed textbook to build a general reading habit, this promotes Extensive Reading.