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Amazing Women
Collins Amazing People ELT Readers (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- Collins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 13 July 2017
- Run Time
- 49 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Language readers
What to expect
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Harriet Tubman, the slave who helped hundreds of other slaves to escape
Emmeline Pankhurst who wanted women to be able to vote
Maria Montessori, the doctor who found a new way to teach children
Helen Keller, the deaf and blind woman who became a famous teacher
Eva Perón, the actress who helped poor and sick people in Argentina
Nancy Wake, the Second World War spy
BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 7,001
Headword count: 665
PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.
This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.
About the Amazing People series:
A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.
Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.
After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.
Created in association with The Amazing People Club.
About Collins ELT Readers:
Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:
Level 1 – elementary (A2)
Level 2 – pre-intermediate (A2–B1)
Level 3 – intermediate (B1)
Level 4 – upper intermediate (B2)
Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
Critics Review
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‘As a teacher using the Amazing People ELT Readers in an Extensive Reading Project, I’m as happy as my students are: motivating topics/real people, interesting facts and a great alternative to Graded Reader fiction. Having said that, the same class is also reading books from the Agatha Christie series, and enjoying them very much. Their Reading Diaries are full of questions, speculation about who-dunnit and comments about “unputdownability”. The buzz in the classroom when we’re swopping books is tangible.’
Hania Bociek, Zürich, Switzerland
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Details
- Author
- Adapted by Helen Parker, Series edited by Fiona MacKenzie
- Narrator
- Collins
- Duration
- 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 July 2017
- ISBN
- 9780008268626
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Language readers
Synopsis
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Harriet Tubman, the slave who helped hundreds of other slaves to escapeEmmeline Pankhurst who wanted women to be able to voteMaria Montessori, the doctor who found a new way to teach childrenHelen Keller, the deaf and blind woman who became a famous teacherEva Perón, the actress who helped poor and sick people in ArgentinaNancy Wake, the Second World War spy BRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 7,001Headword count: 665 PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials. This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2. About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen. Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure. After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research. Created in association with The Amazing People Club. About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 – elementary (A2)Level 2 – pre-intermediate (A2–B1)Level 3 – intermediate (B1)Level 4 – upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
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