A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by John Escott.
Nick Lortz is sitting outside a cafe in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. She’s young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her.
But why does she call Nick ‘Mr Hollywood’? Why does she give him a big kiss when she leaves? And who is the man at the next tab ...
A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West.
Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says – just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money.
But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future – and Sc ...
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Anne Collins.
Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.' More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy as president, surely there was a great future ahead for their country. But Kennedy would not finish his ...
The book provides seventy language practice activities which use the wealth of knowledge, experience, and expertise that learners bring with them to the classroom.
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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett.
Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from ...
A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Helen Brooke.
Six women are dead because of the Whitechapel Killer. Now another woman lies in a London street and there is blood everywhere. She is very ill.
You are the famous detective Mycroft Pound; can you catch the killer before he escapes?
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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi.
It is Molly Clarkson’s fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party – only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are also waiting for her to die.
But on ...
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi.
It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a white fire. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die…
In a colony under the moon, people wait for news – news ...
Task-based teaching has created enormous interest among teachers in recent years. But how does the idea of designing tasks (e.g. discussions, problems, games) that encourage learners to use real language work in practice?
This book explains the basic principles behind task-based learning and teaching and gives practical examples of how to make it work in different teaching situations.
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