Welcome to Your Turn to Read 1. We made this book for adult learners like you, whose English reading is at the elementary stage but want to improve their reading skills and build confidence in their reading. This book aims to show you how we use English in different parts of the world, as well as how English connects people and itself undergoes changes. Your Turn to Read aims to build vocabulary used in the Oxford 3000 and CEFR A1/A2 sets, as well as supplementing those with higher frequency words that we often use in global English discussions.Your Turn to Read 1 connects readers with topics from many of the major places where English is used: the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, as well as from the many immigrants to those countries whose languages and cultures become part of the changing story of English.In each of the 12 units, in addition to English language skills, learners will develop learning and studying skills, and will be asked to think cr
