Survey review: Graded readers
Survey review: Graded readers
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调查评论：分级读者
DOI：
10.1093/elt/51.1.57
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1997
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D. R. Hill
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D. R. Hill
简介 这篇评论更新并扩展了 Helen Reid Thomas 和我之前的评论（ELT Journal 42/1、42/2、43/3、47/3）。所有这一切都是由于出版商愿意提供书籍而成为可能，这些书籍形成了独特的分级读者图书馆和数据库，这是爱丁堡泛读项目（EPER）维护的目标之一。这篇评论与之前的评论不同，它更加直言不讳，部分反映出我不再有前同事的克制智慧，部分反映出我自己对分级读者的热情日益高涨。我可以公平地声称已经阅读了这里评论的所有书籍，并且已经听取了与 EPER 相关的程序的有限反馈。然而，我不能声称完全一致，更不用说绝对正确了。分级读物的定义是扩展文本，大部分是小说，用结构和词汇减少的语言编写的分级读物。它们最初是经典作品、现代小说和童话故事的简化版本（简化版），但自 20 世纪 60 年代以来，专门为系列作品编写的比例不断增加（简单原版）。它们是英国 ELT 行业的产物，但在美国 TESOL 行业中几乎不为人所知。 EPER分级读物数据库包含164个系列的记录，包含3,182个标题，其中69个系列和1,621个标题目前正在印刷。虽然有少数系列在英国以外出版，但只有一个系列（包含 15 个标题）在美国出版。本次审查仅限于包含 1,259 个标题的 39 个系列，其中一些已在之前的调查审查中考虑过。
Introduction This review updates and extends previous reviews (ELT Journal 42/1, 42/2, 43/3, 47/3) by Helen Reid Thomas and myself. All have been made possible by the readiness of publishers to provide the books which form the unique library and database of graded readers, which it is one of the objects of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading (EPER) to maintain. This review differs from the previous ones in being more outspoken, reflecting partly the absence of my former colleague's restraining wisdom and partly the increasing fervour of my own enthusiasm for graded readers. I can fairly claim to have read all the books reviewed here and to have listened to the limited feedback from programmes with which EPER is associated. I cannot claim, however, total consistency, much less infallibility.Definition of Graded readers are extended texts, mostly fiction, written in language graded readers reduced in terms of structures and vocabulary. They were initially simplified versions of classics, modern novels, and fairy tales (simplifications), but since the 1960s an increasing proportion have been written specially for a series (simple originals). They are a product of the British ELT industry, and almost unknown within the American TESOL industry. The EPER database of graded readers contains records of 164 series containing 3,182 titles, of which 69 series and 1,621 titles are currently in print. While a few series are published outside the UK, only one series, containing 15 titles, is published in the USA. This review confines itself to 39 series containing 1,259 titles, some of which have already been considered in previous survey reviews.