Graded Reader Giveaway

Every year, the Extensive Reading Foundation recognizes the best new works of language learner literature in English. From books published in 2007, the ERF judges have selected twelve titles of particular merit--the finalists. The finalists were announced at the IATEFL Conference in Exeter, U.K. on April 8, 2008. From these twelve, the ERF will select one winner in each of four categories taking into account the votes and comments of students and teachers of English worldwide.

To encourage teachers and students to read and evaluate the books, the ERF has implemented a "Graded Reader Giveaway" in which two copies of each candidate title from participating publishers are placed in the hands of 10 classes around the world.

1. Your class, school or library has an extensive reading program in place to which the supplied titles can be added.
2. Students can read, evaluate and vote for the books by the July 18 deadline.

Students who read all three books may directly cast their vote at the URL below. Alternately, groups in the class, or the class as a whole may discuss the merits of the books and cast a group vote.

URL for voting: http://langconcepts.net/erf/poll2008.php .

To apply, send your request to trobb@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp with a brief description of your class, the number of students and their general reading level. Include your postal mailing address and contact telephone number. In the event of more than 10 teachers applying in one category, we will select for balance of country and geographical area. Preliminary decisions will be based on requests received by April 30, 2008 but requests after that date will still be honored for any categories that have fewer than 10 recipients.

We apologize that the timing of this announcement may preclude the participation of classes in parts of the world where the school year is about to close.

The finalist books for this year can be viewed here.