Graded reader
Graded readers are "easy reading" books used to support the Extensive reading approach to teaching English as a second or foreign language. While many graded readers are written for children, more often they are targeted at young adults and above, since children's books are widely available, and already tend to be easy to read.
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.