Paul Harvey

Comprehension questions help students to examine the information closely and draw their own conclusions about key issues*End of unit interviews, in which speakers talk about their own varied experien

Nick is sixteen and a brilliant surfer. He wants to go to Australia for an important surfing competition. His mother and father don't like Nick's plan. They want him to go to college. But Nick has worked in a surf shop and he has nearly eight hundred pounds in the bank. The exciting, competitive world of surfing is brought vividly to life in this story. Recommended for younger learners.

Alive to Language encourages teachers to question and extend their knowledge of how language works by examining the concepts of language-in-use and associated systems, language variety, change, and the interaction between language and power.

Original / British English (Available February 2008) On the beach near Nick's home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nick's father is not happy. Can Nick win the competition and go to Australia