Join Gangwon Chapter online for two presentations, both of which focus on words. More specifically, words from the New General Service List (NGSL)
This talk introduces a new schema for leveling graded readers (GRs). It is extremely difficult to compare series of GRs between publishers, and there is no currently accepted procedure for doing so. Publishers are not always transparent about how GRs are written, the word lists used, the corpora on which those lists are based, or how the schemas are constructed. This talk argues for a new schema which compares headword level with the 500-word band of the New General Service high-frequency word list on which it falls. This new schema enables cross comparison of previously published GRs, can be used to level institutional GR libraries, and can be used by materials developers going forward. This standardization of the GR industry would help empower and inform customers when making their purchasing and reading decisions, and could foster a healthy competition between publishers, as they compete to see who can write the most compelling books at the highest coverage levels.
Paul Johnson (Woosung University)
Paul T. Johnson has an MA in Philosophy and works at Woosong University, Korea. He is the Student Services Manager for Woosong University Online, where he runs the Woosong Online Community Center, and teaches English as a Foreign Language. He is working towards his MSc TESOL with a specialism in Technology for Teaching at the University of St. Andrews. He writes at aniterativeprocess.
This meeting will be held online, using the Zoom platform. The link and password will be posted on the KOTESOL website here a day or two before the meeting.
If you have any questions regarding this event, please email [email protected]