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NEW OXFORD PROGRESSIVE ENGLISH READERS STARTER. FOLK TALES AROUND WORLD

Every night, a mother tells stories. Her children remember the stories. When they grow up, they tell them to their children. And their children tell the stories to their children. This goes on for hundreds of years. In different places, people tell different stories. Nobody knows who made up these old stories. They are part of family life. They arefolk tales . In Germany, a village is full of rats. A strange man arrives to help. In America, a man wakes after a long sleep. He finds the world has changed. In Japan, a boy draws dragons.They save his life. In England, a poor man becomes rich because of a cat. In Africa, a mother looks for stories. Find out where she finds them. Read on to enjoy these tales from around the world.

NEW OXFORD PROGRESSIVE ENGLISH READERS 5. EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES AND OTHER STORIES (ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN)

An emperor loves clothes. Two men sell him a suit. But only clever people can see it. What do you think it looks like? A brave tin soldier falls in love. Will he be happy? A duckling thinks he is ugly. Then one day something happens to him. What could that be? An emperor gets a new toy. He forgets the bird that sings to him. What happens next? A soldier finds a magic tinderbox. It brings him anything he wants. What will he wish for? A prince wants to marry. But his bride must be a real princess. The Queen has an interesting way to find one. What does she do? Read these favourite fairy tales by Hans Christian Anderson to find the answers.

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (WIDDOWSON, H.G.)

An account of how meaning is expressed and interpreted in spoken and written texts. The book explains key concepts like context, co-text and schema and explores their relevance to an understanding of how texts are constructed and interpreted. It discusses the relationship between analysis and interpretation with particular reference to the work of critical discourse analysis, and looks at the contribution that corpus linguistics has made to the analysis and interpretation of text. Name of series:Oxford Introductions to Language Study