Steve Jobs Book Only (Scholastic Readers) - Softcover

Beddall, Fiona

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908351284 ISBN 13: 9781908351289

Publisher: Mary Glasgow Magazines, 2012

Synopsis

 

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 ONLY
• 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mary Glasgow Magazines
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908351284
• ISBN 13: 9781908351289
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64