Thursday, 13 March 2014

oxford graded reader and bbc film: hard times by charles dickens

Oxford have their own set of graded readers
Graded Readers | Oxford University Press
- challenging the market leader Penguin:
Welcome to Penguin Readers

This is a particularly good story from Charles Dickens, simplified by Oxford and including two CDs:



Dominoes: Three: Hard Times Pack: Amazon.co.uk: -: Books
Hard Times - Charles Dickens - Google Books

Dominoes Three Hard Times Pack

Second EditionCharles Dickens
Text adaptation by Susan Kingsley
Format:
Mixed media format
Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Cissy Jupe - a circus child - is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems at work.

In the end, Thomas Gradgrind learns the importance of feelings and imagination.
Dominoes Three Hard Times Pack | Oxford University Press


The photos are taken from the BBC Schools production:



hard times أوقات عصيبة by copyfac - YouTube
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