Ted O'Brien
Color Coded Englishhttp://colorcodedenglish.com
a Core Vocabulary for
Early Readers & ESL Students
Biggest obstacle = limited vocabulary.
5 to 6 year olds - 2,500 to 5,000 words
Written English ≠ Spoken English
Regular readers learn 2,000 to 3,000
new words a year.
Adult readers know 4 X
as many words as non readers.
Phonics Apps
Sight Words - Spell Checker - Minimal Pairs
The Word Map - 24 Topics
12 Subgroups in each topic
Four Levels - 45 Words in each level
Level 1 = Bold Text Level 2 = Bold Italic Text Level 3 = Italic Text Level 4 = Plain Text |
Words by Topic
Dictionary.Com/
Translate.Google.Com/
EtymOnline.Com/
| How Many Words? English > 170,000 College Students = 20,000 Word Map = 4,320 |
| To Be am is, are, was, were, being, been |
Corpus of Contemporary Englishenglish-corpora.org/coca/
| Phrase Structures |
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| Adverb Adjective Adjective Noun |
| Noun Verb | Prep Noun |
| Verb Noun | Verb Adverb |
EnglishClub.Com/
Vocabulary Apps
Phrase Matcher Quizzes - Phrase Master Exams & Classroom Game
The Word Map
Grammar Rules & Relationships
5 Videos
Classroom Game
| Color Coded English |
Teacher &
Web Developer
Ted OBrien
http://ColorCodedEnglish.com