Jataka Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio) - Qiliang Feng & Ellen C. Babbitt

By Qiliang Feng & Ellen C. Babbitt

Release Date: 2015-12-15

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

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This is Book 3, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

[Text Information]
Readability | 87.29
Total word count | 24319
Words beyond 1500 | 1452
Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.97
Unknown headword occurrence | 4.96
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 80
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 171

[Synopsis]
Jataka tales are stories about the previous lives of the Buddha, in both human and animal form. In these stories, the Buddha appear as a king, a god, an animal. With these stories, the Buddha taught his students about moral values and good behavior. Many of these stories, like ā€œThe Monkey and the Crocodileā€, are popular with both children and adults throughout the world.

Jataka Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio) - Qiliang Feng & Ellen C. Babbitt

By Qiliang Feng & Ellen C. Babbitt

Release Date: 2015-12-15

Genre: Religion & Spirituality

(0 ratings)
This is Book 3, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

[Text Information]
Readability | 87.29
Total word count | 24319
Words beyond 1500 | 1452
Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.97
Unknown headword occurrence | 4.96
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 80
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 171

[Synopsis]
Jataka tales are stories about the previous lives of the Buddha, in both human and animal form. In these stories, the Buddha appear as a king, a god, an animal. With these stories, the Buddha taught his students about moral values and good behavior. Many of these stories, like ā€œThe Monkey and the Crocodileā€, are popular with both children and adults throughout the world.

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