Extensive Reading is an innovative resource bridging theory and practice for those seeking to learn about extensive reading (ER) for L2 students' language development, including ways to motivate students to read extensively and to assess learning. Grounded in contemporary theory and the latest research both on ER and motivation, experts Sue Leather and Jez Uden offer a rich array of original activities to help teachers in the classroom and beyond with this effective but difficult-to-implement pedagogical tool. Advanced students, researchers, teacher trainers, and pre- and in-service teachers - and ultimately their students themselves - will benefit from this book.

Extensive Reading is an innovative resource bridging theory and practice for those seeking to learn about extensive reading (ER) for L2 students' language development, including ways to motivate students to read extensively and to assess learning. Grounded in contemporary theory and the latest research both on ER and motivation, experts Sue Leather and Jez Uden offer a rich array of original activities to help teachers in the classroom and beyond with this effective but difficult-to-implement pedagogical tool. Advanced students, researchers, teacher trainers, and pre- and in-service teachers - and ultimately their students themselves - will benefit from this book.

As a new student at Brenton College, Bobby Harris has many things to worry about-but his biggest problem is his new roommate, Ash! Because of Ash, Bobby can't sleep, study, or work properly. The problem is, how does he tell Ash without losing a roommate and a friend?

Ying Chu doesn't really like road trips. But when friends ask her to join them on a trip to a music festival, she says yes. But the fun trip turns into a nightmare, testing their friendships and Ying Chu's character...

Sandra Marks isn't enjoying her new role as editor of The Brenton Sun, her college's online newspaper. Felipe, one of her reporters, isn't too happy about Sandra beating him to the job . . . and he makes sure she knows it. Worse still, she is faced with her biggest story ever-one that involves her own father. Now Sandra must decide who she can really trust.

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Seven journeys which change lives for ever. A New York fashion buyer returns to her English home. A successful author meets an old friend. A reporter travels to an execution. A lorry driver gives an escaped prisoner a lift. A taxi driver picks up 'Bruce Lee'. A man's love for a tram driver leads him to follow her. And four strangers meet at a motel for the first and last time.Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book. Contains adult material that may not be suitable for younger readers.

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. A dead girl in a swimming pool in Pine Crest, USA. She's Janine, a 23-year-old student who wanted to write for a newspaper. Detective Flick Laine has to find the killer. But first she must find out the big story Janine was working on before her death. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.

As captain of the college taekwondo team, Dwayne always wants to be the best. But when he loses to Minho Kim, the new boy from Korea, Dwayne has to learn what it really means to be a fighter.

Series Editors: Sue Leather, Julian Thomlinson, and Rob Waring
It's Samorn's first week at Brenton College in the US, and she already wants to leave. She misses Thailand, her family, and most of all, her boyfriend Lek. So when Lek asks her to come home, Samorn knows she has to make a hard decision...

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Detective Flick Laine meets handsome Dr Jack Daly at a party in Denver, USA. When Daly calls later, inviting her to meet him to 'talk about something', she accepts. But before they can talk, the doctor is found dead in an apparent case of suicide. Flick is put in charge of the investigation. How did the doctor die? And what has love to do with it? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.

Estela, captain of the women's soccer team, is very excited. Now that famous soccer player George Gray is coming to Brenton, her team will finally get the help they need. But Coach Gray doesn't think women can play soccer. Can Estela change his mind?

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. The right place at the right time? Photographer Ken Harada thinks so when he gets a fantastic photo of a famous sumo star who is visiting Tokyo. However, it becomes clear that somebody wants that photo badly and will do anything to get it. Life suddenly becomes very dangerous for Ken and when he develops the photo he realises why. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.

Mary Diaz lives with her aunt and is struggling to put herself through college. When a letter arrives from her long-lost father, suddenly everything changes. When he turns out to be a rich and powerful businessman, Mary is even more angry and confused. Why did he leave her mother? What does he want? And after 20 years, why now?

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Joe lives in Canada, in a beautiful, quiet place. His peace is interrupted one day by the noise of bulldozers excavating near his house. He is told that it's a diamond mine. Joe is a journalist for a local newspaper and his neighbours soon come to ask him to write about the awful noise and destruction. Joe becomes suspicious when his boss won't let him write about it. He starts to investigate the mine, but gets himself in harm's way. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD with complete text recordings from the book.

Jack Garcia is not the best student, but he's very good with computers. So good, in fact, that he's able to hack into the Brenton College computer system. He soon finds out he can change his grades without anyone knowing. But will he? And what will happen if he does?

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Life and death in Venice. A young man and a beautiful woman meet and fall in love in the most romantic city in the world. She makes his dreams come true, but what does the future hold for them and what price must they pay for their happiness? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.

Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels – from elementary to advanced – the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.Reporter Kate Jensen travels to Amsterdam when a friend is found dead there. Her search for the murderer takes her to parts of the city that tourists never see, and to a man prepared to kill to hide the truth. Kate soon discovers that football can be a very dangerous game.

Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from elementary to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.Death in the Dojo is a thriller set in London and Japan. Reporter Kate Jensen is investigating the death of a karate master in a ‘dojo’, a karate training room, in London. Another death quickly follows and Jensen finds herself drawn into a family saga that leads her back to another tragic death that occurred some thirty years before.The cassette(s) contains a recording of the full text of the book.

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels--from elementary to advanced--the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.Brad Black likes the movies. He goes every weekend with his girlfriend, Gina. They are happy, but they have no money. Then Brad has an idea and thinks that real life can be just like the movies--and that's when things go wrong.

Student Anna Mason is really excited when she gets a chance to continue her career in computing after university. But her ambition to succeed brings her problems with the person she loves most in the world - her husband.

Estela dreams of becoming a successful soccer player. But she also has the chance for an exciting new life as a fashion model in the beautiful city of Milan. Which path will she choose?

Fleur Duval is the prettiest and most popular girl in school, and she gets anything-and any guy-she wants. But when she breaks the heart of poor Bobby Harris, his friends Ash and Dwayne decide that it's payback time. But is it Ash's turn to have his heart broken?

A fire in his father's restaurant sends detective Jay Kwan on a manhunt. Who started the fire, and why? The search takes him on a dangerous journey through Chinatown and into the past, where a dark and terrible secret awaits him. A secret about his own family...