The Way Home Level 6 Advanced Book with Audio CDs (4) Pack

by Sue Leather

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Seven journeys which change lives for ever. A New York fashion buyer returns to her English home. A successful author meets an old friend. A reporter travels to an execution. A lorry driver gives an escaped prisoner a lift. A taxi driver picks up 'Bruce Lee'. A man's love for a tram driver leads him to follow her. And four strangers meet at a motel for the first and last time.Contains a paperback and 3 Audio CDs with complete text recordings from the book. Contains adult material that may not be suitable for younger readers.

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Sue Leather has been in the ELT field for thirty years. Originally from the north west of England, between 1985 and 2000, she worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and educational manager in Spain, UK and the Netherlands. She has an MA in Education from the Institute of Education, University of London. She has written a number of articles for ELT journals and magazines, and is a frequent presenter at international conferences. In 2000, she set up her own consultancy group, Sue Leather Associates, and works on educational projects all over the world. Her main interests within ELT are materials development, teacher training and trainer training.

Sue has been writing original learner fiction since 1990, and has written some thirty readers . Her Dead Cold , published by Cambridge University Press, won the Extensive Reading Foundation award in 2005. Sue is currently Co-Series Editor for Page Turners, a series of original fiction for National Geographic/Cengage Learning. She now lives on the beautiful west coast of Canada, where she gains inspiration for her work.

Reviews

[Close Enough · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lol

[Song · Rating 5 out of 5]

there are eight journeys whiche chage lives forver----a NewYork fashion buyers returns to her English home,(The way home) a successful author meets an old friend, (The natural of truth)a reproter travels to an execution, (just the fact)a lorry dirver gives an escaped prisoner an lift,(Water in the desert) a taxi driver picks up"Bruce Lee", a bus ride home chages a film writer's life and work, a man's love for a tram driver leads him to follow her, and four strangers mmet at a meotel for the first and last time.
Comparing the strories happened in England, I prefer the strory happened in the U.S , and ralated to China,like The knowledge, Water in the Desert.When I read about"The pole is as big as TX", I smiled .

[Radion]

I want to read

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

8 short stories about journeys.

Well-written descriptions of people, places and scenes.

Different narrators and perspectives.

I liked the most "Just the facts" about an execution and "The Knowledge" about "Bruce Lee". I liked the least "Fifteen hundred words" about a screenwriter who has to invent a story about a couple, "North See Eyes" about a person who falls in love with a tram driver, and "End Point" about four guests at a motel.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like the fifth story (the knowledge) a very wonderful story, good writing.💕✨

I could give the book 5 stars for the smooth writing and the use of wards but some of the stories were so boring and not interesting. 😶🙏

[Khrongyoth Utinkaew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my first-ever reading book. I suddenly fell in love with the first chapter and went on to nearly the last chapter, getting more and more excited. This book was the best practice for my English, which improved all the time. I apply the author's writing style to my experience background like in the job application resume. It sounds like a perfect example of professional English storytelling.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

🏫Es un libro que pertenece a una colección de Cambridge del nivel C1 de inglés.

✍🏼El libro está dividido en 8 historias acerca de la vida de periodistas.

•The way home.
•The nature of truth.
•Just the facts.
•Water in the desert.
•The knowledge.
•Fifteen hundred words.
•North sea eyes.
•End point

Desde mi punto de vista son historias muy interesantes, que hacen que al leer en otro idioma no se te haga tan aburrido.

📝Respecto al vocabulario, sí que tiene muchas palabras, adjetivos , phrasal verbs o frases del C1. Por lo que si te estás preparando este nivel, libros de este tipo te vienen muy bien.

🔦En mi opinión me atrevo a decir que se asemeja más al nivel B2 que C1, pero al final para practicar el reading y adquirir vocabulario está de lujo.

👉🏽Podéis encontrar más reseñas en mi perfil de ig @_sarateacher

[Namiko · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this series of original fiction easier for me to read even though they are level-six stories. I realized it is because it if for English learners and the writer knows what people want to read (and it could be "cliche" or even "cheesy".) It includes:

The Way Home
The Nature of Truth
Just the Facts
Water in the Desert
The Knowledge
Fifteen Hundred Words
North Sea Eyes
End Point

I liked the writing style in "Fifteen Hundred Words" and "End Point."

[Inés · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a really good book for English learners. I have to say that I liked more stories 2 and 4. Story 2, "The Nature of Truth",'cause its final was so good, I just laughed a lot. And story 4, "Water in the Desert", 'cause it was quite the same as num. 2, with those unexpected finals.

[Ama · Rating 3 out of 5]

The only thing I liked is that I took some good quotes, apart from that I didn’t like it, the stories were boring plus it gave that feeling of being old but boring. Even though it gave very good reflections.

[David Gómez Esteban · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este libro trata de varias historias diferentes (creo recordar que 6) algunas muy interesantes y otras poco o nada interesantes.