Amazing Composers (a2-b1)

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

Contents:
Johann Sebastian Bach who wrote the Brandenburg Concertos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child genius
Giuseppe Verdi who wrote the operas Aida and La Traviata
Johann Strauss, ‘The Waltz King’
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who wrote the ballet Swan Lake
Irving Berlin who wrote There’s No Business Like Show Business

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 8,344
Headword count: 723

Each book includes a full recording of each story online.
PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.

This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 2 is equivalent to CEF level A2-B1.

About the Amazing People series:
A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.

Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.

After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.

Created in association with The Amazing People Club.

About Collins ELT Readers:
Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:
Level 1 – elementary (A2)
Level 2 – pre-intermediate (A2–B1)
Level 3 – intermediate (B1)
Level 4 – upper intermediate (B2)
Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

‘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

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• Short stories are easy to use in the classroom
• Ideal for the CLIL classroom
• Also suitable for the self-study learner
• Learners as young as 12 will enjoy reading about the people who shaped the world we live in today
• Carefully graded texts to ensure that the student gets the most from their reading
• Includes illustrations to aid understanding and bring the stories to life
• Audio online included with every purchase
• Accompanying website offers a wide range of free materials including a video representation of one story, a guide to each level of the grading scheme, a level checker, lesson plans, further research tools, and self-study resources.