Examining reading levels in ELT course books and the benefits of extensive reading

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Examining reading levels in ELT course books and the benefits of extensive reading

This study examines the difficulty level of texts in the reading sections of the Touchstone series of ELT course books. The information analyzed in the reading section included the total number of words and sentences in each reading passage, average number of sentences per paragraph, average number...

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Main Author:	Peter Tze-Ming Chou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2308/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2308/1/1_AJTLHE_35-Peter-Taiwan.pdf

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