About the SeriesHelp your students read their way to better English with this new edition of the world's best graded readers - now with  fully revised Factfiles. Factfiles are non-fiction books. They provide up-to-date information supported by high-quality colour photos, and are a good choice for the CLIL classroom. The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure.Key Series FeaturesStunning NEW covers, to get students interested from the start.UPDATED Factfiles, with NEW text and colour photos, and a new look.UPDATED Activity Worksheets with a story summary & worksheets at Stages 1-4.MORE books available with Audio for students to listen to the complete text.Illustrations (including new ones in selected stories) to support the book and help introduce new vocabulary.About the Author information, Glossary and Activities section at the back of every book.FREE answer keys, tests, story summaries, and photocopiable activities from www.oup.com/elt/bookwormsBook Description1400 headwordsWord count: 17,000Also available on audio CDAbout a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English. In homes and schools, offices and meeting rooms, ships and airports, people are speaking English... How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it in the future? The history of the English language is a journey through space and time, from thousands of years ago to today and beyond, and to all parts of the world. Come on that journey and meet the monks and soldiers, the kings and scientists, the printers, poets, and travellers who have helped to make the English of today.