Black Beauty (ESL/EFL Version)
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Study Aids, ESL, Foreign Languages, Fiction & Literature, Classics
| Author: | Qiliang Feng | ISBN: | 9781310634222 |
| Publisher: | Qiliang Feng | Publication: | December 14, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Qiliang Feng |
| ISBN: | 9781310634222 |
| Publisher: | Qiliang Feng |
| Publication: | December 14, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
This book is Volume I-2 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.
[Text Information]
Readability || 93.5
Total word count || 21996
Words beyond 1500 || 802
Headwords beyond 1500 || 203
Unknown word percentage (%) || 3.65
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 0.92
Unknown headword occurrence || 3.97
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 42
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 103
[Synopsis]
Black Beauty is the name of a fine horse. He spends his early years with his mother. Then he is sold to the Squire Gordon, who is a horse lover and cares very well for his animals. Beauty spends the better part of three years here and makes friends with the other horses. Then Beauty is sold to Earlshall Park. The life is harder there. He hurt his knees in a riding accident and is sold as a job horse to a new master. The horse then passes from one master to another….
The original novel was written by Anna Sewell (1820 – 1878), an English novelist, and was published in 1877.
This book is Volume I-2 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.
[Text Information]
Readability || 93.5
Total word count || 21996
Words beyond 1500 || 802
Headwords beyond 1500 || 203
Unknown word percentage (%) || 3.65
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 0.92
Unknown headword occurrence || 3.97
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 42
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 103
[Synopsis]
Black Beauty is the name of a fine horse. He spends his early years with his mother. Then he is sold to the Squire Gordon, who is a horse lover and cares very well for his animals. Beauty spends the better part of three years here and makes friends with the other horses. Then Beauty is sold to Earlshall Park. The life is harder there. He hurt his knees in a riding accident and is sold as a job horse to a new master. The horse then passes from one master to another….
The original novel was written by Anna Sewell (1820 – 1878), an English novelist, and was published in 1877.
