Exploiting Graded Readers

Bill Bowler suggests ways of making more effective use of graded readers in the classroom

Bill Bowler is co-author of the bestselling primary Happy Series (OUP) American and British English versions. He is co-series editor of the secondary-targeted Dominoes Graded Readers (OUP) and co-author of the Headway Pronunciation Course (OUP) for adults. He authored the Oxford Bookworms playscript reader ‘The Butler Did It’ (OUP), and has won two ESU awards to date for his ELT writing. A former CELTA trainer, Bill is an approved Oxford Teacher’s Academy key trainer and mentor, specializing in Adult, Teenage, Young and Very Young Learners. He is especially interested in CLIL, the CEF, Extensive Reading, Pronunciation, Drama, Literary Texts in ELT, and Mixed Ability Teaching.

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