4.50 From Paddington - Level 5

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 5 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 5 is equivalent to CEF level B2+ with a word count of 22,000 - 30,000 words.
Each book includes:

¿ Full reading of the adapted version available for free online

¿ Helpful notes on characters

¿ Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot

¿ A glossary of the more difficult words

¿ Free online resources for students and teachers at

www.collinselt.com/readers
The plot:

A woman is murdered on a train.

When Miss Marple telephones her friend Lucy Eyelesbarrow and asks her to go undercover to investigate, Lucy quickly accepts the challenge! Who is the dead woman? What was the motive for her murder? And why was the body thrown from the train and later hidden at Rutherford Hall?

When a second murder takes place, everyone at Rutherford Hall seems in danger, so Miss Marple sets a trap to catch the murderer.
About Collins ELT Readers
Collins ELT Readers are divided into 7 levels:

Level 1 - elementary (A2)

Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)

Level 3 - intermediate (B1)

Level 4 - upper- intermediate (B2)

Level 5 - upper-intermediate+(B2+)

Level 6 - advanced (C1)

Level 7 - advanced + (C2)
Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Zusammenfassung

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Agatha Christie
• Verlag: Collins Reference
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780008262396
• ISBN: 978-0-00-826239-6
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Serien: Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers; ELT Readers B2+; Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers; ELT Readers B2+; Collins Agatha Christie ELT Re
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung > Krimis, Thriller, Spionage; Schule und Lernen > Lektüren/Interpretationen/Lektürehilfen > Deutsch; English, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, Language readers, Language teaching & learning material & coursework, Designed for home learning, For home learning / Self-study / autonomous learning, ELT Graded Readers, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, Designed for differentiated learning, For specific educational purposes