Tales To Talk About (Interact With Literature)

Description: A selection of twelve thematically-paired stories by a wide range of authors including Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur C. Clarke, Kate Chopin, Maeve Binchy, Penelope Lively, Richard Hughes and Ed McBain. The stories are presented in six highly contemporary themes – children, love, mystery, murder, money, war – and accompanied by fascinating articles from English-language newspapers and newsmagazines. Designed to help students progress from intermediate to advanced level, this book encourages class discussion and enables students to improve their ability to put forward an argument in English. The graded chapters help students keep track of the progress they make. INTERACT WITH LITERATURE offers a wide range of original literary texts from intermediate level upwards (unabridged short stories or extracts from novels, as well as complete unabridged plays) from English-speaking countries, designed to introduce students to the world of literature. The aim of these volumes is to familiarise readers with the language of literature and encourage them to formulate their own response to what they read. Each volume concentrates on a particular theme, genre or liter ary current. Key features: • biographical details about each author • carefully selected texts relevant to the theme of the volume • linguistic accessibility with numerous footnotes to guide understanding • stimulating, graded activities ranging from familiarisation and comprehension to stylistic analysis and language development • dramatised recording of selected extracts by native speakers in American or British English • Teacher's Book which can be downloaded from the Black Cat website