Penguin Readers Level 7: Girl, Woman, Other (ELT Graded Reader)

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series, for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.· Carefully adapted text.· Accompanying audio with the print edition, accessed securely online.· The series includes popular classics, bestselling modern fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.· The eight levels of Penguin Readers are mapped to the CEFR, and Lexile measured.· Beautiful new illustrations for levels 2 to 6. Starter and level 1 titles in graphic novel format, for beginner learners.· Language practice exercises in every book, additional activities and lesson plans online.· Each book contains a glossary, with definitions of key vocabulary.· A digital version accompanies the print edition, available securely online.· Visit the Penguin Readers website for more information.· Girl, Woman, Other, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework.· The Level 7 longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past.Girl, Woman, Other is a powerful novel about race and the lives and journeys of twelve people. It celebrates the importance of coming together to share, love, and take care of each other.>

Autorentext

Bernardine Evaristo, MBE, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora.

Her novel Girl, Woman, Other made her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020.

In 2025 she was awarded the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in 2009 and an OBE in 2020. Her writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio, and she has edited and guest-edited national publications, including The Sunday Time's Style magazine.

Bernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, London, and President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London with her husband.
www.bevaristo.com

Klappentext

This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read. It is an adapted version of the original story.

This story is a powerful novel about race and the lives and journeys of twelve people. It celebrates the importance of coming together to share, love, and take care of each other.

Our Penguin Readers books include:

• Simple text (CEFR-levelled)
• Pictures to help you understand the story

• Fun exercises to help you learn and practise English

  With the print book, you can get even more help online:

• Read the book online
• Listen to the book being read out loud
• Get lesson plans for teachers

• Find answers to check your understanding

  Note: online resources not available with the eBook.

  Zusammenfassung

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.

Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.

The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.

Girl, Woman, Other, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past.

Girl, Woman, Other is a powerful novel about race and the lives and journeys of twelve people. It celebrates the importance of coming together to share, love, and take care of each other.

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Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.