This book is a
culturally-relevant reader for students learning English as a second or foreign language (EFL, ESL) at C1 proficiency / advanced level. Each of the twenty units contains a culturally-relevant
text and
reading test questions to go with it, accompanied by a useful
glossary and a
language awareness page based on one or more language points illustrated in the text. Each unit serves four complementary purposes:
- To broaden students' background cultural knowledge of the English-speaking world
- To present a range of useful English vocabulary in context.
- To revise and in cases explain important points of grammar.
- To familiarise students with the nature and constraints of the main internationally-recognised proficiency-level reading tests.
