Lesson 8 : Reading Comprehension : Learning English (Handout)

Talk a Lot Learning English Multi-Purpose Text For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 3 © English Banana.com Introductions (Original Text) Line 1 Kathleen Jones is a lecturer in ESOL at a small further education college in Matlock 2 Bath, Derbyshire. ESOL is short for English for Speakers of Other Languages. 3 Kathleen teaches students from all over the world, who have decided to make their 4 home in north Derbyshire. Kathleen was forty earlier this year, and her husband 5 Rob, who is two years older than her, organised a big family party in their garden. 6 Rob is a lorry driver and often works away from home. He drives up and down the 7 country, delivering large loads of paper, bricks, and wood to many different 8 companies. Rob and Kathleen have two children. Dennis is nineteen and has been 9 working as a trainee mechanic since he left college. Maggie is still at school and is 10 currently studying hard for her GCSEs, which she will take next summer. 11 Kathleen works part-time at the college, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 12 mornings. She really enjoys her job because she gets to meet some really 13 interesting people, and has the opportunity to find out about their lives and cultures. 14 She often asks students to prepare presentations on the subject of their home 15 country. Kathleen has been teaching English for about ten years. Before that she 16 worked in a solicitor’s office in Alfreton. (211 words) ------------------------------------------------------------􀀅------------------------------------------------------------