A Step 4 Reading and Training graded reader, retold by Peter Foreman. Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’t like Christmas. He doesn’t like people. He

only likes money. But when the ghost of his friend Old Marley visits

him on Christmas Eve, it’s the beginning of a very strange night…

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:

• An introduction about Charles Dickens and his life

• A wide range of interactive activities practising the four skills

• Dossiers: Some Christmas Ghosts, The Christmas Story and London

in Dickens’s Time

• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)

• A full recording of the text