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The Online Graded Text Editor

The Online Graded Text Editor. Dr. Rob Waring Dr. Charles Browne. www-ER-Central.com/ogte. Writing Graded Materials. How do you know you are using words in level? How do you know which words are out of level? How do you maintain equal leveling for different texts at the same level?.

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The Online Graded Text Editor

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  1. The Online Graded Text Editor Dr. Rob Waring Dr. Charles Browne www-ER-Central.com/ogte

  2. Writing Graded Materials How do you know you are using words in level? How do you know which words are out of level? How do you maintain equal leveling for different texts at the same level? www.er-central.com/ogte

  3. How to Grade Your Own Reading Texts…Solution 1: use a text analysis tool http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/

  4. http://www.lextutor.ca

  5. What is OGTE? • A FREE editing tool for teachers and authors • It allows users to analyze the vocabulary in a text by pre-set levels • Allows you to write something to a specific level • You can add your own wordlists (if you ask nicely) www.er-central.com/ogte

  6. Black – in level Red out of list Red underline – out of level Green – ignored words www.er-central.com/ogte

  7. Users select a wordlist (more will be added later) They select a level within that wordlist The buttons are tabs that show various data analyses www.er-central.com/ogte

  8. The full wordlist (86,000 TYPES) OUT OF LIST WORDS OUT OF LEVEL WORDS – In the selected list but not in level IN LIST WORDS Words in the selected list (e.g. the General list with 4500 words) Words in the text which are in level e.g Level 7 IN LEVEL WORDS www.er-central.com/ogte

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  11. All data can be exported to your computer

  12. Exported data: • Is in Excel format • can be manipulated as you wish

  13. OGTE records various statistics: • Total running words • % in / out of list etc. • % words ignored • Etc. www.er-central.com/ogte

  14. Wordlists The current General Service list has 16 levels corresponding to the Extensive Reading Foundations levels. More wordlists to be added soon • TOEIC • Ministry lists • Business list Want to add your list? Ask. www.er-central.com/ogte

  15. www.ER-Central.com The go-to place for all our Extensive Reading needs

  16. About us Extensive Reading Central is: • a brand new website developed for the ER community by EFL Technologies • completely free • still building the site, so bear with us as we add content. www.er-central.com

  17. Site features • Amazon Affiliate Bookstore (end of October) • Hundreds of links • Blogs and comments • Online Discussions (coming soon) • Online Graded Text Editor • Information for researchers • ER and EL Videos • Advice Center (coming soon) • ER/EL Calendar www.er-central.com/ogte

  18. For teachers • How to do ER/EL • Graded Reader series info • Managing an ER program • ER resources and downloads www.er-central.com/ogte

  19. For Authors • How to write graded materials • Getting published • Online Graded Text Editor • Submit your profile www.er-central.com/ogte

  20. For Students • Advice on reading and learning • Text Helper (coming soon) • Graded reading materials (coming soon) • Word learning (coming soon) www.er-central.com/ogte

  21. For Publishers • Make announcements • Request assistance • Find authors • Promote your products www.er-central.com/ogte

  22. How can you help? • Tell us about your ER program • Join us on Facebook or Twitter • Post on the blogs or in chat rooms • Tell us about ER links and articles • Submit your handouts and worksheets • Translate pages into your language www.er-central.com/ogte

  23. How can you help? • Buy books from the Amazon store • Tell us about ER events • Share your resources and knowledge • Advise others about research • Get students to write book reviews • Start a section for your region www.er-central.com/ogte

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  25. Visit us soon www.ER-Central.com www.er-central.com/ogte

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