Oxford Bookworms Library
The teacher's handbooks offer an introduction to the Oxford Bookworms Library series with guidance on using graded readers, answers to the exercises in the books, photocopiable tests and an answer key.
Word count 10,188 CD: American English Suitable for younger learners
Throughout history people have always been fascinated by the mysteries of the world and whether or not they can be explained. This book looks at some of these mysteries - like the purpose of Stonehenge and the pyramids, how acupuncture works, or the ability of some people to see into the future - and asks, Is it science or magic?. It also invites you to try for yourself other mysteries such as dowsing and telepathy. The book is part of Factfiles - a sub-series of Bookworms with a non-fiction angle, providing factual information for students who are not so interested in fiction.
Published 2016. Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate CEF B1 - 1000 Headwords Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone. Everybody knows about the United States of America. You can see its films, hear its music, and eat its food just about everywhere. Cowboys, jazz, hamburgers, the Stars and Stripes - that's the United States. But it's a country with many stories to tell. Stories of busy cities, beautiful forests and parks. Stories of a country that fought against Britain, and then against itself, to make the United States of today. Stories of rich and poor, black and white, Native American and immigrant. And the story of what it is like to be an American today...