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/

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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 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) 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 OUT OF LIST WORDS OUT OF LEVEL WORDS – In the selected list but not in level IN LIST WORDS IN LEVEL WORDS www.er-central.com/ogte

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

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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

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