The Canterbury Tales - Grand Format

When a genial innkeeper suggests to a group of pilgrims bound for Canterbury that they tell each other stories to entertain themselves on the way, everyone agrees ! From this simple premise Chaucer created a medieval masterpiece. The prologue and five of the best-known stories are retold in modern English in this edition. This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.
As well as the story, this reader contains : A wide range of activities practising the four skills ; Dossiers : Traditional Tales and others ; First-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7) ; Full recording of the text ; An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com.