The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (ESL/EFL Version)

This is Book 13, 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 81.58Total word count 27145Words beyond 1500 1392Unknown word percentage (%) 5.13Unknown headword occurrence 4.6Unknown words that occur 5 times or more 53Unknown words that occur 2 times or more 147[Synopsis]Dorothy, an orphan, lives in a one-room house with her uncle and aunt. A tornado appears and Dorothy and her pet dog are carried away by the winds. Dorothy falls asleep as the house flies through the air.When she awakens and goes outside her house, she finds she is in a strange and beautiful country, where there live small, strangely-dressed people known as the Munchkins. Dorothy's house has fallen on the Wicked Witch of the East, ruler of the Munchkins. The Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy to go to the Emerald City, ruled by the Wizard of Oz, in the hope that the Wizard may be able to help the little girl return home.On her way to the Wizard's city, Dorothy makes three unusual friends: a scarecrow who complains of having no brains, a woodman made entirely of tin who complains of having no heart, and a lion who complains of having no courage. They go with Dorothy to see if the Wizard can help them….This book is rewritten from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author of children's books. This story has been made into films a number of times. Qiliang Feng has been teaching English in senior high schools since 1983. A passionate advocate for integrating reading into TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), he specializes in adapting and simplifying graded ESL (English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) readers. He has authored several series of English reading course books and is actively promoting the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). This initiative encourages elementary-level ESL/EFL learners, with a foundational vocabulary of 1,500 words, to read one million words over two to three years, helping them progress to an upper-intermediate proficiency level with ease. 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 3,000-3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.