Effects of Graded Texts on EFL College Students' Incidental ...

A summary <strong>of</strong> procedures in sequencing texts is illustrated in Table 3.4. This
table includes the first 10 steps that we programmed in order to select the first sixteen
texts on the reading sequence.
Table 3.4 Procedures in sequencing reading texts
Procedures Purpose What the
program does
1. For appropriate length <strong>of</strong>
reading texts
2. For trimming <strong>of</strong>f the texts
that do not meet 95 %
coverage compared to the
four word lists.
3. Locating the texts which
have 2%-5% unfamiliar
word rate.
4. To select the easiest text
(the first reading text on
the sequence) for learners.
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Select texts with
1500 to 3000
words
Compare the
running words in
every text to the
four word lists
(GSL, HSF, UWL,
and SHF)
Compare the
running words in
every text to the
four word lists
(GSL, HSF, UWL,
and SHF).
Compare words in
every text with the
familiar word lists
(GSL & HSF) and
target word lists
(UWL & SHF)
5. Select the easiest
text that has the
highest number <strong>of</strong>
familiar words and
least number <strong>of</strong>
target words.
6. To select the second text Target words in
on the sequence
Text #1 are added
Outcome
959 texts met the
qualification
856 texts met the
qualification.
30 texts met the
qualification.
Text #1 (the easiest
text or the first text
on the reading
sequence) is
selected.
The Exposed Word
List has target