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This study attempted to explore the Target Levels of English Proficiency (TLEP) in the National Curriculum of English. For this, dozens of English textbooks from ten countries were analyzed in lexical uses and readability. The research questions addressed in the present study are twofold: 1) How do the English textbooks of the same grade or the same age differ in the readability index? 2) How does the level and amount of vocabulary used in English textbooks vary? As a result, the readability index of Korean English textbooks is set at a lower level by and large, but the readability index of Korean high school 3rd grade English textbooks is almost the same as that of the English-speaking countries’English textbooks. In the case of Japan, the readability index is relatively low, and the readability index of Chinese primary, middle, and high school English textbooks is moderate, ascending gradually in accordance with school level. In addition, most of the domestic and foreign English textbooks include more than 90% of the vocabulary used in the BNC-COCA 4000, however, in the foreign textbooks, various kinds of vocabulary were used beyond the level of the Korea National Curriculum of English. Based on the results of this study, we are to suggest the development of CEFR-K like CEFR-J in Japan.
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English textbook, readability index, BNC_COCA 4000, KBEWL, CEFR-J word list, standardized proficiency levels in the national curriculum of English
