[clivehawkins]

I do one lesson near the start of the course where I show the students how to use the graded readers. We do the pre, during and post reading activities also using the audio resources if there are any.

From that point I don't use them in class again for time reasons but I strongly suggest they take advantage of the school library and take these home.

Undoubtedly those who use the readers improve much quicker than those who don't. They also tend to enjoy them. At this point I feed off them to try and get the others to do the same.