This is the first title in the ESL Extras series by Clare Harris, a long-term teacher and writer of English language materials, based in WA. Her aim is to provide photocopiable Australian materials that can be used by teachers or by volunteers as ‘extra’ support for learners.
*The Coat
A mini-novels in 16 chapters, set in Australia, covering familiar issues and providing plenty of topics for discussion.
ESL Extras reading books have an Australian focus and a photocopiable Teacher’s Guide.
The Coat READER/CD (ESL Extras)
AU$27.50Price
- The Coat is a pre-intermediate reader, set in Melbourne, and featuring the sometimes impetuous Anni.
I was shivering when I arrived at work. Sue, my boss, looked at my thin jacket.
“Anni, you need a good coat,” she said. She was wearing a thick red jacket. She looked wonderful. She always looked wonderful.
“I’m not really cold,” I said. It wasn’t true, but I didn’t have the money for a new coat.
When Anni moves to Melbourne, she’s cold, but she doesn’t have the money for a new coat. She wants to start a business, but she can’t get a bank loan. Her boyfriend wants to get married, but she’s not sure...
Then suddenly a borrowed coat changes everything.