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Graded readers are not to be confused with [[Basal reader]]s, which tend to target particular language features, and therefore are more like [[textbooks]] in nature. |
Graded readers are not to be confused with [[Basal reader]]s, which tend to target particular language features, and therefore are more like [[textbooks]] in nature. |
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==Examples of Graded Reader Series<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Graded Readers|url=http://erfoundation.org/wordpress/|publisher=Extensive Reading Foundation|accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref> == |
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* [http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/ Black Cat Readers] |
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* [http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/ Burlington Books] |
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* [http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/item382366/Readers/?site_locale=en_GB Cambridge Readers] |
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* [http://elt.heinle.com/us/en_us/index.html Cengage - National Geographic] |
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* [http://www.mhe-cyoa.com/ Choose Your Own Adventure Graded Readers] |
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* [http://www.easyreaders.eu/Home.aspx Easy Readers] |
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* [http://www.elionline.com/?q=en/home ELI Publications] |
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* [http://www.helblinglanguages.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=61&Itemid=310 Helbling Young Readers] |
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* [http://www.macmillanreaders.com/ Macmillan Guided Readers] |
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* [http://elt.oup.com/cat/subjects/graded_reading/?cc=us&selLanguage=en&mode=hub Oxford Bookworms] |
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* [http://www.penguinreaders.com/ Penguin Readers] |
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* [http://www.richmondelt.com/spain/english/catalogue/supp_graded-readers/default.htm Richmond Readers] |
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* [http://maryglasgowplus.com/book_lists Scholastic Readers] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 02:37, 4 December 2012
Graded readers are "easy reading" books used to support the Extensive reading approach to teaching English as a second or foreign language. Graded readers can be adapted from literary classics, films, biographies, travel books, etc., or they can be originals written specifically at a less demanding language level. [1]
Graded readers are typically graded, i.e. levelled, within a series according to high frequency headword count. For example, Level 1 in a series might be restricted to 500 headwords, Level 2 to 600 headwords, and Level 3 to 700 headwords.
Graded readers are not to be confused with Basal readers, which tend to target particular language features, and therefore are more like textbooks in nature.
Examples of Graded Reader Series[2]
- Black Cat Readers
- Burlington Books
- Cambridge Readers
- Cengage - National Geographic
- Choose Your Own Adventure Graded Readers
- Easy Readers
- ELI Publications
- Helbling Young Readers
- Macmillan Guided Readers
- Oxford Bookworms
- Penguin Readers
- Richmond Readers
- Scholastic Readers
References
- ^ ""What is a Graded Reader?"". Extensive Reading Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "List of Graded Readers". Extensive Reading Foundation. Retrieved 4 December 2012.