Graded reader
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A graded reader book is an "easy reading" book that supports the extensive reading approach to teaching English as a second or foreign language, and other languages. While many graded reader books are written for native speaker children, more often they are targeted at young adults and above, since children's books are already widely available and deal with topics not relevant to more mature language learners.
Graded readers can be adapted from literary classics, films, biographies, travel books, etc., or they can be original works written at a less demanding language level. Although they employ simplified language, graded readers do not necessarily lack narrative depth or avoid complex themes; often, they cover the same range of "serious" themes as books written for native speaker audiences.[1]
Graded readers are written with specific levels of grammatical complexity in mind and with vocabulary that is limited by frequency
Graded readers are not to be confused with
References
- ^ "What is a Graded Reader?". Extensive Reading Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Chinese Graded Reader Material". maayot. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 11 Jan 2021.
Further reading
External links
- Read Stories - Learn English
- Black Cat CIDEB
- Cambridge English Readers
- Easy Readers
- ELI Graded Readers
- I Talk You Talk Press
- Ladybird
- Macmillan Guided Readers
- Matatabi Graded Readers
- Oxford Graded Readers
- Pearson Readers
- Penguin Readers
- Scholastic Readers
- Wayzgoose Press