HOW TO SELECT STORY

BOOKS?

Exposure to
new, illustrated
vocabulary in
context

Brown
, 2004
Learn to
manipulate and
provide sense of
accomplishment

Provide
repetition of
key words and
phrases

Ageappropriat
e theme
Good
illustration
s

Potential
for
reading
aloud

Simple
language

Smallwo
od, 1988

Realistic
but simple
dialogue

Limited
use of
metaphors
and
unfamiliar
experienc
es

Use of
rhyme
Unambigu
ous plot

NIEMANN,
2002

The most important criteria in selecting

books for learners of English as a second
language is that they are appropriate
relation to age, interests and maturity
(Vardel, Hadaway and Young, 2006)