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Direct linkClaridge, Gillian – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2012
Publishing graded readers is big business, but there is evidence that the texts themselves are not being read in sufficient quantity to improve language proficiency. This article reports on a study of graded readers, focusing on interviews with some major publishers of graded readers, to investigate their production rationales. The findings…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Basal Reading, Publishing Industry
