Even More True Stories: An Intermediate Reader, Second Edition

Intermediate. Imagine scuba diving near the Florida coast and suddenly getting sucked into a huge pump of a nuclear power plant! Or writing love letters to someone every day for a year, only to see that person marry the mail carrier? The universal appeal of these real-life human-interest stories engages beginning ESL students with humor, poignancy, or astonishment, and helps them to become fluent readers. New "challenge pages" at the end of each unit feature supplemental readings related to the main story, but written at a slightly higher level. These readings help intermediate-level students make the transition from controlled to authentic written English. Imagine Being Run Over By A Speeding Train -- And Living To Tell The Tale. Or Paying $3 For An Old Cardboard Map, Then Realizing It's Worth Millions! With The Newly Expanded True Stories Series, English Language Learners From Lowbeginning Through High-intermediate Proficiency Can Enjoy The Fun And Engaging Believe-it-or-not Quality Of These Colorful News Stories. Each Book Features: Pre-reading Questions. Activities For Pair Or Small-group Work. A Variety Of Essential Reading Skills. Carefully Controlled Vocabulary And Structures. Exercises In Vocabulary, Comprehension, Discussion, And Writing. Www.longman.com/truestories Even More True Stories: Intermediate Readers Enjoy The True Stories Tradition With 15 Believe-it-or-not Tales. New Challenge Pages Facilitate The Transition From Controlled To Authentic Text. This is an old edition of a very interesting book for intermediate ESL adult students. Some stories are outdated, but there are still some good ones in this edition. The vocabulary, comprehension, discussion and writing activities are also good. These readings help intermediate-level ESL readers make the transition from controlled to authentic written English.