Young Adult ELI Readers 4/B2: Dubliners + Downloadable Multimedia - James Joyce

ELI - <p>Dubliners + CD audio About the series: The series Young Adult ELI Readers is divided into 6 levels according to the language level of the readers. It's in line with the indications of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language and comprise useful language certification exercises. This ensures that learners will meet language and structures they have already studied or which are commensurate with their level, making reading an achievable, enjoyable and stimulating experience. Stages: Stage 1 Elementary (600 headwords) A1 Stage 2 Pre-Intermediate (800 headwords) A2 KET Stage 3 Intermediate (1000 headwords) B1 PET Stage 4 Upper intermediate (1800 headwords) B2 FCE Stage 5 Advanced (2500 headwords) C1 CAE Stage 6 Profi ciency Unabridged Texts C2 CPE About Dubliners + CD audio: Stage 4: B2 FCE Plot: An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a girl who dreams of life in another country are just a few of Joyce's Dubliners. In these realistic tales, Joyce reveals the hopes, fears and dissapointments of his characters. He also shows us turn-of-the-century Dublin in fascinating details. This selection of eight stories from "Dubliners" includes "Eveline", "Araby" and a two-part adaptation of Joyce's novella, "The dead". The book contains: -The Before You Read Activities section contains pre-reading activities. -The text is divided into chapters and is equipped with a glossary at the bottom of each page. -The After-Reading Activities section, at the end of each chapter, eases memorization and comprehension and rounds off with one or more Pre-Reading activities to pre-teach the vocabulary and structures in the subsequent chapter. -Useful dossiers focussing on culture and the author are supplied in the classics series. -The Test yourself section offers activities which take into account the whole story. -Syllabus. Syllabus: Verbs: tenses with This is the first..., Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, perfect infinitives, Future perfect, a wide variety of phrasal verbs, complex passive forms, wish/if only Types of Clause: type-three conditionals, mixed-conditionals, relative: embedded, defining Modal verbs: might, may</p>