Oxford Bookworms 2. Changing their Skies. Stories from Africa CD Pack

by Jennifer Bassett

"Then a letter came for Aloo from a famous college in America. They offered him a place . . . a place with a scholarship. Aloo could not believe it at first. He read the letter again and again." Aloo is very happy, but soon he finds that it is not so easy. He will need money to live on, money
for his plane ticket . . . And then there is Mother . . .

Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. This volume has stories from Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania by African writers Steve Chimombo, Farida Karodia, and M. G. Vassanji.

Genres: Short Stories

55 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2008

About the author

Jennifer Bassett has been a teacher, teacher trainer, editor, and materials writer, and has taught in England, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. She is the Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Library, and has written more than twenty original and retold stories for the series, including The Phantom of the Opera, One-Way Ticket, The President's Murderer, and William Shakespeare. Two of her adaptations, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Love Among the Haystacks, have won Language Learner Literature Awards, and three of her other titles have been finalists for the Awards. She has created a new sub-series called Bookworms World Stories, which are collections of short stories written in English from around the world. She has also written original stories for the English Today Readers and Storylines series. Jennifer is series co-adviser, with H.G. Widdowson, of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, volumes of unadapted short stories for advanced learners.

Reviews

[Marziye · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the only book I bought just because of its cover! four years ago.

[Elizabeth Gosse · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a apart of the World Stories series by Oxford Bookworms. it is only 40 pages with 6987 words. It is a book with three short stories about families in Africa. This is a good little book for anyone learning to read or just improving their reading skill.s

[Maria ✨ · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a good pause between big books ✨

[Yuka Sugiura · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. oxford level2
2. 4/26=40m
3.Africa
rubbish
airport
Dadi-Ma
chotoo
scholarship
London
4. There are 3 short stories in this book, and I was impressed by second story.
A boy named Chotoo who doesn't have parents live with her grandmother, but he lost her at last... I was very sad. I was wondered he can be happy...
5. I read 3 stories about African, and I felt I am happy. I'd not like to think it's a natural. I'm a just lucky.

[Anis Noh · Rating 4 out of 5]

poverty, hope and sometimes hope that never comes true. Comparison with Europe and how poor people see them and never once that dream come true. Poverty is hard.

[yayan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a fan of cliffhanger stories. I need to know the ending. I was hoping more of Chotoo but Aloo came along who even is he

[Cherish · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75/5stars

[z ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this just before returning it to the school and in that really short period of reading i felt so many emotions, it’s so good! 😊

[Satomi Ito · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, level2
2. 110min.
3. letter/scholarship/poor/mother/college/money/live
4. Who gave this letter to you?
-- I gave this letter from Nancy. She is my host mother.
5. Then a letter came for Aloo from a famous college in America. They offered him a place . . . a place with a scholarship. Aloo could not believe it at first. He read the letter again and again.' Aloo is very happy, but soon he finds that it is not so easy. He will need money to live on, money for his plane ticket . . . And then there is Mother . . . The stories in this volume of World Stories come from Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania by African writers Steve Chimombo, Farida Karodia, and M. G. Vassanji.

[Yuto Yuasa · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. Jennifer Bassett. OXFORD, level2

2. 6/14 20minutes
6/17 15minutes
6/18 25minutes
6/19 20minutes
Total 80minutes

3. study, suffer, money, keep, mother, life, leave

4. Did you get scholarship in your life?
- No, I didn't. If I have some chance to get it, I want to do my best to get money and help my parents someday.

5. One of the three stories in this book "leaving" was very interesting because I experienced the same thing. One day, I had a quarrel with my mother about studying abroad. She cared about money which she had to pay. I did not know why she cared about it a lot. After that, I knew that she save her money for me. I was very impressed with her.

[Naoya Minobe · Rating 4 out of 5]

1, Africa kids plane old garbage present dream

Q1,Have you been to africa?? If not, where do you want to go in Africa and what do you want to do?
A. Off cource, I have'nt been to africa,so If I can go somewhere in africa, I want to go Galapagos and see some kind animals.
Q2 In the book main character joey always heard the sound from airplane, so Do you have some special habit in childhood?
A, Yes, I went swimmming school two days for strengthen own health in a week since twelve.

[Keiichi Yamamoto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oxford active reading level 2
Time Janualy 29th 90 minutes
7words summary letter college money scholarship not believe need
1 the main character received a letter. It was like a spam mail. Have you ever get accidentaly this mail?
Yes, I have. But I did not open these mails. It was trouble some.
2 Have you ever get a scholarship?
Yes, I have. But the scholarship which I take is that I have to back. I pay my tuition fee, so I have to study harder and harder!!!

[Haruka Okumura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nov 17: 30 min (Nov 17th Another 30 min-"Unbowed")
African-countries-difficult-life-three-different-stories
Q: Do you think you can pick up and eat something from garbage can?
A: No. I don't think I eat some food which is in garbage can.
This book had 3 different stories. Some stories are happy stories but only one story was really sad one. I learned that I have to thank and appreciate my comfortable life.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oxford Bookworms Stage 2
Malawi--The Rubbish Dump, boy befriends a man who collects trash from nearby airport
South Africa--Cardboard Mansions, Homeless grandma and grandson return to village to find large houses in place of what they remember, ending--"It would never be alright again."
Tanzania--Leaving, poor boy wins scholarship to study in London.

[Himawari Ogawa · Rating 3 out of 5]

1,Publisher:Jennifer Bassett
Company:Oxford
Level:2

2,Time: 11/27 33mins

11/30 21mins

3,

4,

5,

I stopped reading this book.
It is because the more I read this book, the more I couldn't understand what the story is. I couldn't enjoy this book, so I stopped reading it.

[Hiroki Yasui · Rating 3 out of 5]

Changing their skies
10/1= 80 minutes

Africa, whites, blacks, rubbish, aeroplane, wheelbarrow, dump,

" The white man is wise. He made the aeroplane. It's nothing else. But determination."

We are lucky to live finantually. Through reading this story, I found that we always have to realize that. Like this story, some Africans are very hard to get their foods. So we must not waste any foods.

[Fatini Zulkifli · Rating 3 out of 5]

My little sister's reading material for her English class in secondary school. This book is a good choice made by the Ministry of Education (MOE).

I think MOE choose this book to tell the students "Be grateful living in Malaysia and stop complaining. Because there are unprivileged people out there in Africa who could not afford proper food, education and shelter."

[Momoka Yamaguchi · Rating 2 out of 5]

1. Oxford level2
2. 05/13=80minutes
3. Africa-rubbish-a boy-airport-plane-rattle-dump
4. "You dirty old Mazambezi!"
I felt sad to read the sentence. I knew the boy's feeling, but I was shocked the boy's saying.
5. I was not attracted by this story. However I knew the situation in Africa.

[Kiko · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give three stars for the second story alone.