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  • Category: Bilingual
  • Founded: Feb 13, 2002
  • Language: English
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IMPORTANT!!!! Read the bit below before subscribing, please.

This group discusses issues related to an Extensive Reading approach to reading particularly in second and foreign languages.

This group is now a target for spam attacks so if you wish to join please send TWO emails. One to the normal subscribe address ExtensiveReading-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and another to waring_robert @ yahoo.com (the moderator's address) explaining your reasons for joining. Anyone who does not appear to be a spammer will be admitted.

However, if you only send a subscription message with no follow up email, you will not be admitted. A simple message such as 'I like this group' or 'I want to learn from this group' is not enough. These messages are often used by spammers so I ignore all those who do not provide adequate information to show me they are interested in ER. I've been fooled a few times already as I want to respect the integrity of the group and let only serious ER types in.

The message MUST include your reasons for wanting to join this group. This MUST include:
a) your interest in ER
b) why you want to join the group
c) a bit about your background

This need not be longer than 2-3 sentences.

It may take a few days before I can get round to joining you up. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Commercial messages are generally not allowed especially if the poster has not declared a financial interest or is blatantly self-promoting either a website (even if it is an EFL/ESL one) or their own materials. Members are asked to inquire of the Moderator before posting such messages or they will _be_banned_on_first_offence.

Rob (the moderator)

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Re: On readability formulas
Hi Wendy I totally agree with you about repetition. Actually, if we think of how literature come to be among the Greeks and also the Celts we realise that
Posted - Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:35 pm
Chris
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Re: On readability formulas
Hi Chris . much clearer tks for explanation and agree wholeheartedly that the meaning making is the crux, however still feel that the simplicity at the initial
Posted - Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:26 pm
Wendy
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Re: readability of a different sort
I second Wendy's thanks to Warren! It's great! Out for now. Jim
Posted - Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:52 pm
Jim Swan at home
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Re: readability
I measured books using the lexicalprofiler (cobb) which gave me the number of words at 1000, 2000 level AWL list etc + total words etc - at least one way to
Posted - Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:45 am
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Re: On readability formulas
Hi Wendy & All As far as I understand, readability formulas use calculations based on the number of sentences, words, syllables and characters and also on the
Posted - Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:42 pm
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