Kazuma Fujii
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Younger learners Differences in grammar and vocabulary between graded and leveled readers more
Tue, Aug 8, 10:15-11:35 Asia/Tokyo
In extensive reading (ER), Graded Readers (GRs), books for English learners with vocabulary control, play a central role whereas Leveled Readers (LRs), books written primarily for English-speaking children, are not always recommended due to their complex texts and low frequency words. In Japan, however, learners usually use a mixture of GRs and LRs to fill the gap below the easiest level of GRs. This study created the GRs corpus and the LRs corpus from books in popular series that are used in the initial stages of ER to explore the differences in grammar and vocabulary levels. Each corpus was composed of approximately 130,000 words. The New Word Level Checker was used to obtain vocabulary levels, and the Flesh Reading Ease was used to examine words per sentence and the percentage of passive sentences. The differences suggested that LRs were generally more difficult in grammar and vocabulary than GRs even though the same readability levels (YL) were assigned.
All levels Mini-bibliobattle in an extensive reading course more
Thu, Aug 10, 15:30-16:50 Asia/Tokyo
In this workshop, the presenters introduce Mini-Bibliobattle, a simplified variation of Bibliobattle. Bibliobattle refers to a social book presentation game where presenters introduce their favorite book for five minutes, followed by a three-minute Q&A session, and votes select the Champion Book from participants. This game has been spreading in Japan since it was developed in 2007, and teachers started using it in a language classroom. We will demonstrate the game at the site and provide some tips to instruct in combination with extensive reading. Students' perceptions of the game from our practices will also be provided.
