World Famous Stories (ESL/EFL Version)

This book is Volume I-5 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 || 91.3
Total word count || 32258
Words beyond 1500 || 1541
Headwords beyond 1500 || 480
Unknown word percentage (%) || 4.78
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 1.49
Unknown headword occurrence || 3.21
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 92
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 262

[Synopsis]
The stories are rewritten from “Fifty Famous Stories Retold” and “Thirty　more　Famous　Stories　Retold” by James Baldwin (1841-1925), famous American educator and author. These include short stories about famous heroes and their romantic tales, as well as many other interesting tales. These stories have been enjoyed by people for centuries past and many of them have been used in TEFL (teaching of English as a foreign language) in many countries.