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. Dubliners a Level 6 Reader is B1+ in the CEFR
framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses introducing future
continuous reported questions third conditional was going to and ellipsis. A small number of
illustrations support the text. In these stories Joyce describes the lives of ordinary
Dubliners. Their lives are not always easy and they have problems with their families. They
were the people who Joyce grew up with and he knew them very well. Visit the Penguin Readers
website Exclusively with the print edition readers can unlock online resources including a
digital book audio edition lesson plans and answer keys.
