Heart -- An Italian Schoolboy’s Diary (ESL/EFL Version)
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Study Aids, ESL, Foreign Languages, Fiction & Literature, Classics
| Author: | Qiliang Feng | ISBN: | 9781310507656 |
| Publisher: | Qiliang Feng | Publication: | December 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Qiliang Feng |
| ISBN: | 9781310507656 |
| Publisher: | Qiliang Feng |
| Publication: | December 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
This book is Volume III-3 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 || 87.7
Total word count || 29607
Words beyond 1500 || 1235
Headwords beyond 1500 || 461
Unknown word percentage (%) || 4.17
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 1.56
Unknown headword occurrence || 2.67
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 71
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 220
[Synopsis]
This book is rewritten from the children’s novel “Cuore (Heart) ” written by Italian author Edmondo De Amicis. It is a novel written in a diary form as told by Enrico Bottini, a 10-year-old primary school student in Italy with an upper class background. It describes what he sees and hears and how he feel during the third school year from the first day at school in October to the next June. These stories are about the teachers, his classmates and their parents and many other people. These people are from different backgrounds and vary in character.
This book also includes Month Stories, which are about noble needs done by boys. These stories teach children moral values, helping those in need, respect for parents, love for family and friends, and love of their country.
This book has been translanted into over 100 languages and have been made into films, TV series, radio adaptations, plays and comic books.
This book is Volume III-3 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 || 87.7
Total word count || 29607
Words beyond 1500 || 1235
Headwords beyond 1500 || 461
Unknown word percentage (%) || 4.17
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 1.56
Unknown headword occurrence || 2.67
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 71
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 220
[Synopsis]
This book is rewritten from the children’s novel “Cuore (Heart) ” written by Italian author Edmondo De Amicis. It is a novel written in a diary form as told by Enrico Bottini, a 10-year-old primary school student in Italy with an upper class background. It describes what he sees and hears and how he feel during the third school year from the first day at school in October to the next June. These stories are about the teachers, his classmates and their parents and many other people. These people are from different backgrounds and vary in character.
This book also includes Month Stories, which are about noble needs done by boys. These stories teach children moral values, helping those in need, respect for parents, love for family and friends, and love of their country.
This book has been translanted into over 100 languages and have been made into films, TV series, radio adaptations, plays and comic books.
