Articles and Interviews
In this section of the Macmillan Readers website, you will find an article by David R. Hill, the director of EPER (Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading) on the importance and relevance of using graded readers, and an interview with Anne Collins, an author of many Macmillan Readers. You can also listen to an audio recording of an interview with Readers author Margaret Tarner, which is accompanied by a set of exercises and activities to test your listening skills!
'Reading: how to enjoy yourself and improve your English at the same time'
by David R. Hill
David offers some great tips, ideas and advice for using Macmillan Readers to support your language learning.
An interview with Anne Collins
Macmillan Readers author, Anne Collins, speaks to the team about how she became a writer, what inspires her, and how she goes about turning the novels she loves into readers.
Read an interview with British actor, Michael Maloney who plays Macbeth in our Macmillan Readers recording.
Click on a name to read actors' biographies:
Sean Barrett
Alison Pettitt
Read an interview with Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire.
Slumdog Millionaire - audio worksheet
Margaret Tarner has adapted a huge range of novels into Macmillan Readers over the course of her career, and she has a real passion for literature from all cultures. Listen to Margaret speak to the Readers team, and answer the comprehension questions on the worksheet below to improve your listening skills. When you've completed the activities, you can check your answers against the answer key and transcript which are also supplied below.
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Download the worksheet, transcript and answer key.
A Defence Against the Abolition of Reading
Blood, Body Water, Hard Work and Eye Wash
more to come ...
