Evaluate the appropriateness of text (the text or texts should consist of at least 400 running words) for in class use with students who have mastered the most frequent 2000 words, but have not mastered any other word levels. Use RANGE and the BNC/COCA word lists (available at: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/staff/paul-nation/nation.aspx) or Antword (available at: http://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/antwordprofiler_index.html) and the BNC/COCA word lists available from Paul Nation’s homepage to determine how the text might be used. Use data from the output to critically assess the degree to which students would understand the vocabulary in the text, learn vocabulary through reading or hearing the text. Explain how you would modify the text to make it more appropriate for the students. Support your points with samples of the RANGE output and references related to vocabulary learning and the required readings.

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