They Came to Baghdad: Level 5, B2+ (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) - Softcover

Christie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007451660 ISBN 13: 9780007451661

Publisher: Collins Reference, 2012

Synopsis

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2).

Each reader includes:

· Audio with a reading of the adapted story
· Helpful notes on characters
· Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot
· A glossary of the more difficult words

Victoria Jones is a young English woman who is looking for love. She follows her new love interest to Baghdad, but she has no idea what adventure is waiting for her there.

A very important international meeting is planned in Baghdad, but a secret organisation wants to sabotage it. Meanwhile, when a man dies in Victoria’s hotel room, he whispers three words to her: ‘... Lucifer ... Basrah ... Lefarge ...’ What do these words mean? And what does it have to do with the meeting?

About this title

Product Description:

Paperback. Pub Date: 2012 Pages: 128 Publisher: Collins Collins-ings the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie to English language Learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of All Time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: * A CD with a reading of the adapted story * Helpful notes on characters * Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot * A glossary of the more difficult words Victoria Jones is a young English woman who is looking for love. She follows her new love interest to Baghdad. but she has no idea what adventure is waiting for her there . A very important international meeting is planned in Baghdad. but a secret organisation wants to sabotag...

Review:

‘As a teacher using the Amazing People ELT Readers in an Extensive Reading Project, I’m as happy as my students are: motivating topics/real people, interesting facts and a great alternative to Graded Reader fiction. Having said that, the same class is also reading books from the Agatha Christie series, and enjoying them very much. Their Reading Diaries are full of questions, speculation about who-dunnit and comments about “unputdownability”. The buzz in the classroom when we’re swopping books is tangible.’
Hania Bociek, Zürich, Switzerland

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0007451660
• ISBN 13: 9780007451661
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128