READ ENGLISH, DISCOVER ASIA
Help students develop good reading habits and become motivated readers.
Introducing Dragonfly Readers, a new 9-levelled graded reading series which promotes reading for pleasure and develops reading comprehension skills, while exploring Asian cultural themes and values
Available in Print + Digital
Young learners of English explore the unity and diversity of Asian cultures.
Developed for primary and secondary schools throughout Asia, Dragonfly Readers:
- encourages student engagement, using beautifully designed anthologies across a range of genres including real-life fiction, adventure stories, traditional tales and non-fiction
- teaches about Asian cultural topics and values with genuine stories created by Asian children’s book authors and illustrators
- features a systematic ‘levelled reading’ approach with incremental vocabulary coverage, careful language recycling and increasing text complexity
- includes discussion questions to facilitate value reflection and critical thinking development
- incorporates a structured phonics teaching approach and resources, providing support to build decoding skills
- offers clear transparency of learner progression, based on Oxford Levels and aligned to CEFR
- available in print and digitally in Oxford Reading Buddy, a new next-generation digital reading service available on any device—desktop, tablet or mobile
Comprehensive Teacher Support in Print + Digital
Dragonfly Readers offers a complete system to teach graded reading with comprehensive teacher support including:
- a printed Teacher’s Book for each level, containing pre-reading activity suggestions, step-by-step guidance and while-reading comprehension questions for each story
- printable worksheets for each reading text, providing vocabulary practice, reading comprehension development, phonics and project work
- support pages in each anthology, including thought-provoking discussion questions, new words presentation and cultural information for each reading text
- an online Teacher Resource Library on the Oxford Reading Buddy platform, featuring audio-enhanced flashcards, downloadable teaching materials and more
- 6 printed anthologies, plus 1 Teacher’s Book per level
- 54 anthologies in all
Digital
- all e-books available within Oxford Reading Buddy
- annual subscription
- access anytime, anywhere—on desktop, tablet and mobile devices
A Coach for Students and Support for Teachers
The all-new Oxford Reading Buddy service provides:
- a full library of interactive, audio-enhanced ebooks
- innovative coaching ebooks to guide students in developing reading comprehension skills
- online quizzes which track student progress
- badges to encourage students to develop good reading habits
- user-friendly teacher reporting that shows individual student progress, providing teachers with powerful insights that enable them to provide extra support where it’s needed most
- a Teacher Resource Library with additional resources
Students choose a Reading Buddy who coaches them with helpful questions and feedback.
Teachers can access student and class reports from any device.
Audio-enhanced flashcards help students learn new words, using correct pronunciation and spelling.
Students can read eBooks and access quizzes, badges and flashcards anytime, anywhere.
Dragonfly Readers Levelling System
- 9 tiered-levelling, with each level denoted by a number and colour
- 6 bands per level; each band offers 3-4 theme-linked reading texts within a printed anthology
- Each reading text introduces a set of topic-related new words with practice and support materials
- A transparent vocabulary structure, with each reading text presenting new topic-related words and carefully recycling previously learnt new words
- Text complexity gradually increases through the bands, so learners incrementally gain comprehension skills and reading fluency as they advance through the levels
| Dragonfly Level | 1 | Yellow | 2 | Lime | 3 | Teal | 4 | Blue | 5 | Violet | 6 | Plum | 7 | Pink | 8 | Red | 9 | Orange |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Level | 1+-3 | 4-6 | 7-8 | 9-10 | 11-12 | 13-14 | 15-16 | 17 | 18 |
| Headwords per level | 50 words | 275 words | 500 words | 800 words | 1100 words | 1400 words | 1700 words | 2050 words | 2400 words |
| New target words per level | 225 words | 225 words | 300 words | 300 words | 300 words | 300 words | 350 words | 350 words | 400 words |
| Length of each reading text | 55-120 words | 120-180 words | 180-250 words | 250-400 words | 400-600 words | 600-900 words | 900-1300 words | 1300-1800 words | 1800-2500 words |
