Penguin English Reader

If you want to speak a language like the inhabitants of the country, you have to know how it's used every day. Make a change from Shakespeare and Shaw, and read a newspaper article about Pop Culture, see the sort of television programmes people watch in England, listen in on a debate in Parliament, add to your collection of recipes, or hear about the generation gap. The Penguin English Reader offers the student of the English language examples of contemporary English from the widest possible range of sources, including books, newspaper- articles, advertisements, company reports, instructional…