Susan Hassall

Crocodile Beach English-Arabic Bilingual Reader Susan Hassall

Ani is sure she can win the cross-country race. But she takes a wrong turn in the jungle, is attacked by a crocodile and imprisoned in its larder. Will she ever escape?Using everyday language for English and Arabic, Crocodile Beach English-Arabic Bilingual Reader is part of an exciting experiment in scholarship: to promote an innovative approach to translanguaging and plurilingualism. Shaikha Aljabri, who translated this short story of "Crocodile Beach" authored by Peter & Susan Hassall into Arabic, is specializing in Public Health and Nutrition at Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She is particularly interested in Language Learning, Translation, Fitness and Health. Faisal Al Attar received his first degree in English Language and Literature from Cairo University, Egypt in 1980, and his MA in Contrastive Linguistics and Translation from Bath University, UK in 1986. He has taught English in Higher Education at all levels in a variety of different countries. He is currently a professional Interpreter/ Translator. Crocodile Beach: English-Arabic Bilingual Reader is Volume 10 of the World English Bilingual Readers Series. This series consists of stories from around the world which are written bilingually with carefully controlled vocabulary and grammar making them suitable for learners of both English and other languages. A variety of realistic and exciting themes encourage reading for pleasure bilingually. Titles available in similar bilingual formats by Peter & Susan Hassall include 'The New Potter' . . . Parallel series include Bilingual Readers and Translation Workbooks to encourage self-study, teaching/learning and translation to/from other languages. The Bilingual Readers support user preference being presented in 2 formats depending on the language that appears first in each paragraph. These Bilingual Readers also provide an expert translation solution for the complementary Translation Workbooks, which can be used to stimulate written and/or oral translation.