This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read. It is an adapted version of the original story.
In this story, seventeen-year-old Dante is waiting for his exam results. If they are good, he'll go to university. But Dante's plans have to change when he hears that he is the father of a baby girl. With the help of his father and brother, Dante must learn how to be a single father.
Our Penguin Readers books include:
- Simple text (CEFR-levelled)
- Pictures to help you understand the story
- Fun exercises to help you learn and practise English
With the print book, you can get even more help online:
- Read the book online
- Listen to the book being read out loud
- Get lesson plans for teachers
- Find answers to check your understanding
Note: online resources not available with the eBook.
Autorentext
Malorie Blackman
Klappentext
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series, for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
· Carefully adapted text.
· Accompanying audio with the print edition, accessed securely online.
· The series includes popular classics, bestselling modern fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
· The eight levels of Penguin Readers are mapped to the CEFR, and Lexile measured.
· Beautiful new illustrations for levels 2 to 6. Starter and level 1 titles in graphic novel format, for beginner learners.
· Language practice exercises in every book, additional activities and lesson plans online.
· Each book contains a glossary, with definitions of key vocabulary.
· A digital version accompanies the print edition, available securely online.
· Visit the Penguin Readers website for more information.
· Boys Don't Cry, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework.
· The Level 5 text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional.
Seventeen-year-old Dante is waiting for his exam results. If they are good, he'll go to university. But Dante's plans have to change when he hears that he is the father of a baby girl. With the help of his father and brother, Dante must learn how to be a single father.