BCRT1 The Truth About Professor Smith with Audio CD

BCRT1 The Truth About Professor Smith with Audio CD

The READING & TRAINING series is composed of illustrated graded readers, aimed at teenagers and adults. The readers are graded into six levels – from elementary/pre-lower intermediate to post-intermediate – according to internationally recognised criteria for structural grading.

Features:

• introduction about the author and his/her times

• wide variety of interesting activities to promote understanding of the text, as well as all four language skills, lexis and sociocultural awareness and knowledge

• activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams

• informative and fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text

• a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities

• extensive vocabulary footnotes, with phonetic transcription of more unusual words

• exit tests

• guided internet projects

An answer key and an additional exit test for each reader are available online as a PDF file at the Black Cat website. Further info on grading can be found in the ‘The Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers’.

Audio CD/CD-ROM Features:

• a full recording of the text playable on any CD player.

• variety of graded activities to help develop ability in all four skills

• in-depth work on selected topics related to the story with a special emphasis on lexis development

• practice in either British or American pronunciation and spelling

• easy to understand instructions so that the activities can be done either in class or individually at home

• comprehensive help section offering more information about the content and a complete list of the vocabulary used

• compatible with both PC and Macintosh systems

Professor Smith has always been every student’s favourite teacher. But when Sam and Izzie return to school after the summer holidays, their fun, energetic science teacher is gone. Professor Smith is anxious and when he is kidnapped in front of them, they realise that he was right to be so scared. But what dark secret could their science teacher be hiding? And can Sam and Izzie uncover the truth before their own lives will be put in danger?

Language: GB

Level: A2 Elementary

CJBR | 428.6

Andrea Hutchinson – Black Cat Publishing