The first (of what we hope to be an annual event) Symposium on Extensive Reading in Korean EFL will be held in Cheonan, Korea, Saturday November 22nd. Korea...
Hi all You might remember me from earlier this year. I was the one who inherited a part of departing colleague’s research budget for the purpose of bulking...
Hi Ron and all, Here, for your reference is a graphic with my own attempt at leveling the major graded reader series that we have at Kyoto Sangyo. It's a messy...
Ron, This is a difficult problem as publishers use different ways to level their graded readers, and more and more series are appearing. I think the best ...
I have tried, unsuccessfully, to convince my publishers to promote their books more effectively. One simple way would be to divide the books into levels...
I suggest that you make all the books available to all of the students. Although guiding the students to some sort of i+1 might seem ideal it is really...
I found in my particular situation that allowing the students to read anything was counter-productive. I had a point system where more difficult books were...
Hi-- I'm still struggling with this problem. Last year, I bought the Eigo Tadoku Kanzen Bookguide, which I heard about on this mailing list. The guide has its...
I agree with Ken. EPER is currently the way to go. It is not perfect, but the advantages of the EPER system outweigh the disadvantages. As Tom Robb says,...
I would suggest that the difficulty Tom experienced was due to two dynamics in his situation: (a) not the difficulty levels of the material but rather the...
Ron, Tom, For readability, a main researcher stateside is Bill DuBay One of his books, The Principles of Readability (2004) Cosa Mesa/CA here in full online:...
I agree with Bill that some scientific Readability formulas need to be applied, not just "eye-balling" it. Also with Tom, that there are times to channel...
The way I deal with the leveling/point issue is this: I have six levels in my library. Levels 1-3 have different weighted page points. Levels 4-6 all have the...
... Re: an EPER "problem" cont... According to EPER's site, their list is for books only published in the UK. ... Re: an EPER "problem" cont... According...
Instead of pushing students up a steep mountain of ever higher levels of lower & lower frequency vocabulary and more complex syntax, one alternative for...
... Thanks for the interesting observations on the categorization of Graded readers. As my name was mentioned I feel I should chip in now. Here are a few...
... Thanks for the interesting observations on the categorization of Graded readers. As my name was mentioned I feel I should chip in now. Here are a few...
Rob, thank you so much for sharing your work! This comes at a very opportune time for me. Our curriculum committee has just begun to wrestle related issues and...
The ER levels discussion leads me to ask a related question: what assessment tools do you use for placement and progress measurement in your classes or...
here an article that raises some important questions about reading habits in L1: http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=8058 I have my Malaysian...

There's been a lot in the press here in the UK about the popularity of the new Amazon electronic reading device: the Kindle. I was thinking of preparing...
Kieran, In response to a couple of questions you had: "There's been a lot in the press here in the UK about the popularity of the new Amazon electronic reading...
Hi everyone, Wow, if this list is an indication, a lot of people are interested in and are looking for a graded reader scale. The comments below are from my...
Julian Bamford
bamford@...
Jun 16, 2008 3:18 am
3791
Dear All I have spent the weekend mulling over a response to Rob's contribution and now there is one from Julian. So here goes. Julian is broadly right about...
EPER Enquiries
Eper.Enquiries@...
Jun 16, 2008 3:40 pm
3792
Dear David (and everyone), Thank you for your careful response to Rob's headword scale. (And thank you, too, for your as always superb ELTJ 2008 survey review...
Julian Bamford
bamford@...
Jun 17, 2008 2:47 am
3793
Hi Bill, I agree that students enjoy reading stories that are simple (98% comprehensible) and interesting. Been reading with my teenage students in Johor,...
Hello all, Thanks to Julian and David for their comment on the proposed scale. Yes Julian is right that one of the barriers to EPER's scale is that one has to...
Dear Colleagues, The Moodle Reader Module is ready for some teachers to try with their students on a trial basis this coming September. I am now looking for ...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
