Murder at Ocean View College
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Jade Lee and Danny Soto are students training to become police officers. One morning Jade finds a dead English Teacher on the seventh floor of Peterson Hall. As they pursue the killer, against direct orders, they face a jealous woman, a cheating football coach, and parents who are opposed to their romance – as well as an angry man with a gun! This novella is an engaging murder mystery for immigrants, ESL students, and criminal justice majors.
Description
By Karen Bachelor
Murder at Ocean View College is a gripping, contemporary novella for community college, high school, and adult English language learners. Written at a language level that is challenging but not too difficult, Murder at Ocean View College helps students learn vocabulary and idioms in a fun and interesting way. The main characters are two police academy college students who find the body of a dead English teacher. Crime, romance, jealousy, cultural clashes, sports – lots of action, diverse characters, and controlled vocabulary reveal the story in short 3-to-5-page chapters, keeping the reader involved and eager for the next chapter.
Jade Lee and Danny Soto are students training to become police officers. One morning Jade finds a dead English teacher on the seventh floor of Peterson Hall. As they pursue the killer, against direct orders, they face a jealous woman, a cheating football coach, and parents who are opposed to their romance – as well as an angry man with a gun!
Featuring culturally diverse, multi-dimensional characters in a familiar setting, Murder at Ocean View College will keep your students learning right up to the thrilling, action-packed conclusion.
91 pages
Purchasers of this book will also get access to 35 videos of chapters read aloud by Pronunciation Doctor.
Testimonials
I couldn't stop! - ESL student at City College of San Francisco
As a teacher of ESL, I can heartily recommend Murder at Ocean View College for community college students, adult learners of ESL, and remedial readers of English. - D. Maijer, Maryville College, Maryville, TN.
Students will easily identify with the characters, who are community college students. Batchelor hooks the reader from the very beginning. - J. MCKay, retired head of the ESL program, U.C. Berkeley
I’ve used this book in my community college ESL reading and vocabulary class over and over with great success. Students find it so much more engrossing than other short novels and story collections previously used. - M. Chan, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
Karen Bachelor has created a book that will hold the interest of reluctant young readers as well as readers for whom English is a relatively new language. There is plenty of action and familiar human interaction within a framework of short chapters, diverse characters, and easy vocabulary to keep the reader involved and satisfied. - E. H. Roth, writer and teacher
It's easy to imagine immigrant and community college students enjoying the book, particularly since the main characters resemble them in so many ways. Karen Batchelor, an experienced ESL author, knows both her subject and her target audience. - K. Miller
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