[etni] fw: Extensive Reading

From: "Esther Lucas" <lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Extensive Reading

Extensive Reading

This announcement appeared on the list of the  
IATEFL Global Issues Special Interest Group.     

Esther

List members may be interested in the following announcement  
from the Extensive Reading Foundation:

At the IATEFL Conference in Harrogate UK on April 10, Alan Maley
announced the finalist books for the 2006 Extensive Reading  
Foundation (ERF) Language Learner Literature Award.  From new  
graded readers nominated by publishers, the ERF's international  
award jury chose six finalist books--three books for  
Adolescents & Adults, and three for Young Learners.

They are:

Young Learners
The Slippery Planet by Rosemary Hayes (Cambridge Storybooks Level 4)
The Special Cake by June Crebbin (Cambridge Storybooks Level 4)
Thumbelina retold by Sue Arengo (Oxford Classic Tales Beginner 2)

Adolescents & Adults
The Amazon Rain Forest  by Bernard Smith  (Penguin Readers, Elementary,
Level 2)
Ned Kelly: a True Story by Christine Lindop (Oxford Bookworms Library
Stage 1)
Within High Fences by Penny Hancock (Cambridge English Readers Level 2)

Now the fun begins.  Teachers can use the award to raise enthusiasm for
reading in English among their students--by inviting as many of them as
possible to read, vote for and comment on the finalist books over the 
next few months.  It could be a class project, with all the students  

choosing one favourite, or each student can vote individually.

Voting is on the Extensive Reading Foundation website:
http://www.erfoundation.org/
Click on the banner headline "Obtain Books and Vote for the 2006 LLL
Awards Now!"

In past years, some people have had difficulty buying the 
newly-published finalist books in time to vote, so this year the voting  
page has a link to an independent bookshop where you can buy the books online.

Voting closes on July 14, 2006.  The jury will take into account votes
and voter comments from around the world in order to pick a winner in
each category, to be announced on the ERF site.


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