Macmillan Guided Readers

New titles

The Macmillan Guided Readers Series is the new name for the Heinemann Guided Readers, one of the best-known and most widely used series of graded readers for learners of English in the world. The series provides a broad variety of enjoyable fiction and non-fiction for all learners of English. Now you can choose from Macmillan Originals, Macmillan Classics and Macmillan Moderns. Apart from these subdivisions, the content and the grading of the books remains unchanged. You will find perennial favourites as well as some exciting new titles.

• Stories in the Macmillan Guided Readers are specially written, or are retold versions of well-known works of classical or contemporary fiction. Titles are carefully chosen and placed within the five staged language scheme that complies with commonly organised syllabi.

• The structures and language which are presented are accumulative over the five levels.

• New vocabulary is carefully introduced and recycled.

• Information on the setting and cultural background of a story is carefully controlled, presented and then reinforced in conjunction with attractive and integrated captioned artwork.

• Plots follow a linear path and introduce a modest number of characters.

• Students can test their understanding of the story by answering the optional questions at the back of the books.

• At Intermediate and Upper Levels textually dedicated Glossaries define specially introduced lexical items.

These features enable the students to naturally acquire new language while becoming thoroughly involved in the plot development. Their increased pleasure in the story also helps to reinforce a sense of achievement in developing their reading skills in English.

• For further exploitation of the books, activity Worksheets plus Answer Keys for all titles in the series can be downloaded free from the Readers resource site at www.macmillanenglish.com/readers, or printed copies can be obtained from your local representative.

• Selected Macmillan Guided Readers are available on cassette or CD so that students can listen and follow the story in the book.

• Author Data Sheets are a new introduction this year. Available from your representative, or downloadable from the website above, the first 6 sheets will give a selection of 3 modern and 3 classic writers featured in the series, with information about their lives and work, contemporary issues and world events, and suggestions for further reading.