Oxford Bookworms Collection

Unabridged short stories for advanced English students

Oxford Bookworms Collection A Window on the Universe

Edited by Jennifer Bassett

What does the future hold in store for the human race? Aliens from distant galaxies, telepathic horror, interstellar war, time-warps, the shriek of a rose, collision with an asteroid - the unknown lies around every corner, and the universe is a big place. These nine science-fiction stories offer possibilities that are fantastic, humorous, alarming, but always thought-provoking.

This collection contains stories by Ray Bradbury, Bill Brown, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Isaac Asimov, Brian Aldiss, Roald Dahl, and John Wyndham.

Are you teaching students who would like more challenging reading?

Why not try the Oxford Bookworms Collection…

Written for native speakers of English, these unabridged short stories have been chosen for language that will be understood by the advanced student.

In addition, each book contains language and vocabulary support, helping students to get the most out of each themed collection.

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Oxford Bookworms Collection – the perfect next step towards advanced English reading

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  • Short stories written for native speakers in unabridged and unadapted form
  • Classic and modern English authors
  • Each volume focuses on a theme
  • Support is provided through an introduction, notes, vocabulary support, and language activities

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Oxford Bookworms Collection is the perfect ‘next step’ for your more advanced English students to take with their reading.

Originally written for native speakers, the stories have not been abridged or simplified in any way. The language and content, however, have been carefully screened to ensure that the level is appropriate for the advanced English student. This gives students the satisfaction of reading enjoyable original texts at a level that is still comfortable for them.

Offering a variety of fiction from the English-speaking world, each of the six volumes of themed collections contains stories by well-known authors, both classic and modern.

With themes like ‘And All for Love’, ‘Crime Never Pays’, ‘The Eye of Childhood’, and ‘A Tangled Web’, there is bound to be a collection that appeals to your students’ imagination and reading taste.