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. Brick Lane 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. When Nazneen is 18 she marries a much older man and moves from
Bangladesh to England to be with her husband. But Brick Lane in London is very different from
Nazneen's village and she speaks no English. Nazneen must try to look after her family and get
used to a new and very strange country. 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.