Graded reader
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.
References
- ^ ""What is a Graded Reader?"". Extensive Reading Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2012.