The purpose of this post is to give you a quick reminder of how to use the extensive reading log book (SSS EGK, 2007; required). As the title of your log book suggests, the aim of keeping extensive reading logs is to chart your progress towards the one million (1,000,000) word reading goal that we hope many, if not most of you will achieve during four years at university.Pages six and seven show how to make log entries for books you've read: by title, series, level, word counts (books & running totals), plus quick evaluations and personal notes. You can find guidelines for getting started with the Penguin Readers: Easy Starts and other graded readers on page 72.
You will find genre codes on page 90. Listings with word counts for individual books in two categories begin on pp. 92 and 12o. The two main categories of books are:
- Books written with limited vocabulary and restricted grammar primarily for learners of English as an additional language (graded readers); &
- Books written primarily for young learners whose first language is English.
Reference
Start with Simple Stories Eigo Gakkushuuhou Kenkyuukai [SSS EGK]. (2007). Mezasei! 100 Man Go: Dokushou Kiroku Techou [aim for a million words: reading record pocketbook]. Tokyo: CosmoPier Publishing.
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During his talk about "the orange book" on Wed., May 16, Mr. Lavin mentioned a spare column near the center of log book pages that we'd like you to use for numbers of pages in the books you read and running totals of the numbers of pages you've read.
ReplyDeleteIf the first book you read had 50 pp., the second had 60 pp., the third had 70 pp. and the fourth had 80 pp., that column might look like this:
__50_|
__50_|
__60_|
_110_|
__70_|
_180_|
__80_|
_240_|
...