Reading: Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is an A2 biographical reading text on the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The text covers Malala’s childhood in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, her early advocacy for girls’ education, the 2012 attack that nearly killed her, her recovery in the UK, her Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, and her continued education and advocacy work through the Malala Fund. Learners read for chronological narrative, key facts, and biographical inference.
This worksheet builds A2 reading comprehension through a biographical narrative text.
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What’s inside:
- An A2 biographical text (~400 words) on Malala Yousafzai
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with biography and advocacy terms
- Comprehension items: chronological sequencing, fact-finding, inference
- Vocabulary-in-context: biographical and advocacy vocabulary
- Writing follow-up: write a short biographical paragraph about someone you admire
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Biographical-narrative reading at A2 uses Past Simple consistently, with Past Perfect for earlier events. Sensitive-topic handling: the text describes a violent attack without sensationalising. Vocabulary: advocate, campaigner, activist, education, Nobel Prize, recover, survive, inspire.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2, in pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Reading. Part of the Stories, History & Biographies collection — the natural next step is The History of the Internet, which extends biographical reading into historical narrative.
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