Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary graded material that will motivate students to read.
In 1976, Steve Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak started a computer company called Apple in a garage in California.
Today, hundreds of millions of people use the technology that Steve Jobs and his team at Apple helped to create.
A fascinating and informative biography.
- LEVEL 3 - Intermediate (B1)
- Book & CD - also has online resources
- Perfect also for native English speaking children who are struggling with their reading
- A non-fiction reader which tells the story of one of the first digital entrepreneurs and charts the history of technology in an engaging and comprehensive way.
- Insert boxes on Apple products intersperse the narrative, providing a visual time-line of developments in technology.
- A six page Fact File section provides further background and context, covering subjects such as ‘Inventions that changed our world’ and digital entrepreneurs.
- Self-study activities enable students to check their progress as they read.
Series Information
- Secondary ELT Readers is a series of contemporary teenage-focused titles, simplified for students of English as a Foreign Language.
- The series covers five levels from Starter Level (Beginners) to Level 4 (Upper-Intermediate) and is aimed at students aged twelve to eighteen.
- Each reader is available in Book Only or Book and CD formats.
- The CD features an audio recording of the story for reading along.
- There are also online resource sheets providing extra activities and background information for the teacher.