Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade is available here as the complete text, split into 194 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43885.
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Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin
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This edition of Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43885, divided into 17 chapters and 194 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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The complete text of Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #43885 and divided into 194 sections.
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How is Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin divided for reading?
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 194 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 17 chapters.
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Every sentence of Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin?
Yes. All 968 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43885 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #43885, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin take to read?
About 80 minutes of reading across 194 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin
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- Volume
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- Plates
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