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Heroic Failures

by Stephen Pile

It is difficult to be really bad at something, but the people in this book manage to succeed! The book features tales of drivers who can't drive, travellers who get lost all the time and policemen who can't catch criminals. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor

48 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 1995

Reviews

[DrosoPHila · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short urban legends, potentially useful in class as a critical thinking exercise - some of them appear to be accurate, others not quite true, others complete nonsense, so be warned. I'm not giving 3* to anything this inaccurate though a few stories are amusing.

[Erwin Kurniawati · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kata2 di halaman awal yang cukup menarik 'For all those writers of terrible books about how to be a success, I have written this book about how to be a failure...' Emm..level 3 dari Penguin series (for graded readers) ini lumayan mudah dimengerti, g bnyak kata2 sulitnya.

[Menna Raafat · Rating 1 out of 5]

It is a fuss out nothing

[Bandeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a funny book