Intermediate Anecdotes in American English AUDIO

Intermediate Anecdotes in American English is the second in a series of three readers for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language.
This book is designed to give students practice in reading and understanding American English in context. Intermediate Anecdotes in American English contains thirty humorous stories, each approximately 150 words in length. Every story is followed by reading comprehension questions and two vocabulary exercises.
The stories and exercises are written at Dr. L. A. Hill's 1500 word level. The complete American English word list is given in Appendix A, pages 62-68. Occasionally, one or more words that fall outside the author's list are introduced into a story. These words are listed dfler the story as Outside the J 500 words. The teacher can then explain these words in class or have the students look them up in a dictionary before reading the story.
Certain technical words are also introduced in the exercises as part of the language of directions. These words are set, blank space, puzzle, bracket, and correct order. The students should be informed of the meaning of these words within the context of the exercises in which they occur.