Stories for reading comprehension 1. [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION This is the first of a series of three books which have been wfitten to replace my Comprehension and Précis Pieces, and Further Comprehension and Précis Pieces written with R. D. S. Fielden. In this series of reading comprehension passages, the vocabulary and structures are carefully graded. The grading follows that of the Longman Structural Readers. Book 1 of this series covers Stages 1 and 2 of those readers; Book 2 covers Stages 2 and 3; and Book 3, Stages 4 and 5. Words outside the grading are given at the end of each book. In this series, the comprehension questions contain no composition element; the students simply have to choose between alternatives which are supplied to them. The series also contains grammatical exercises. The instructions for these sometimes contain words which are outside the grading. They are therefore more suitable for class than private use, unless the student has someone who can explain the difficult words. In a class, the teacher should explain such difficult words to the students before asking them to do an exercise. In nearly all the grammatical exercises, the student has to choose between alternatives which he or she is given. L. Hill