Nelson Mandela
Features topics such as environmental issues, historical facts, and culture. Full-color photographs, introductions, glossaries, and exercises enhance student reading and learning. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
English for Tourism & Hospitality: Course Book & 2 audio CDs
Assessing Academic English
The volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK (and later Australia), from the British Council's English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB), through the revolutionary English Language Testing Service (ELTS) to the present solution of IELTS. The three stages of academic language testing in the UK over the last 50 years move from grammar through real life to features of language use. At the same time, comparison of predictive validities suggests that all three measures account for very similar shares of the variance (about 10%) and that therefore the choice of an academic language proficiency test is determined only in part by predictive validity: other factors such as test delivery, test renewal in response to fashion, research and impact on stakeholders, and assessment of all four language skills are also important.
50 Ways to Improve your Telephoning and Teleconferencing Skills with CD
這是一份適合自學商業技巧的超強書籍 適合以下的讀者： 1.非以英語為母語的商業知識學習者 2.需要增強英文能力的工作者 3.經常因商務需求或人際關係的網路使用者 4.希望能針對商業網路英文加強英文能力者 職場人士有很多機會在網路上找尋豐富資訊，作更有效的商業溝通，而本書從基礎入門，提供50個方法更靈活運用網路資源，增進工作效率。 &本書內附一片搭配 CD教材 收錄65項單元 共60分鐘 &The series provides a range of instant ways to improve your communication skills in business. The books contain a mixture of learning activities that suit different styles which allow the learner to concentrate on approaches and exercises that work best for them. The contents have been selected on the basis of current market research and the author’s long experience of running international communications skills courses. This is a self-help manual for those business people: -who have English as their second language -who need English in their work -who regularly use the Internet(e-mail ,the World Wide Web) for business and/or social purposes -who have little time for formal study but who would particularly like to focus on improving their Business English online. &
Give Us the Money
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur`s Court
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Oxford Bookworms Library: Silas Marner
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Mieux Parler Anglais
Les faux amis sont des mots d'orthographe identique, ou presque, en anglais et en fran癟ais, mais qui ont des significations diff矇rentes. Comprendre ou employer mal un de ces mots, risque de vous mettre dans une situation cocasse, voire g礙nante. D'o羅 vient ce nom 竄 faux ami 罈 ? Ces mots s'appellent des 竄 amis 罈 parce qu'en parlant ou lisant l'anglais, ils semblent familiers, comme un ami. Et c'est vrai que beaucoup de mots ont le m礙me sens, ou presque, en anglais et en fran癟ais. Apr癡s avoir d矇couvert que similar signifie similaire, different signifie diff矇rent, stupid signifie stupide et intelligent signifie intelligent, vous serez peut-礙tre surpris de d矇couvrir que, malheureusement, sensible ne signifie pas sensible. Pas du tout ! Et preservative, ne signifie pas un condom, mais un agent conservateur. (Vous pouvez vous imaginer les embarras que vous pourriez avoir avec cela !). Si un mot n'a r矇ellement pas la m礙me signification en anglais, il s'av癡re 礙tre donc un 竄 faux ami 罈. On peut se tromper en l'entendant ou en le lisant. Mais si vous l'utilisez, et s'il a une signification tr癡s diff矇rente de celle que vous avez suppos矇e, cela peut produire des effets vraiment embarassants. Ce livre vous pr矇sente les faux amis les plus courants et vous explique comment les utiliser et, peut-礙tre m礙me plus important, comment ne pas les utiliser. Apr癡s l'avoir lu, vous serez mieux prot矇g矇s contre des situations embarrassantes et vous aurez plus confiance en vous quand vous parlerez anglais.
Red Roses
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Girl On A Motorcycle
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Read & Think English
Aprende ingl矇s a medida que descubres la riqueza de la cultura estadounidenseConstruye un efectivo vocabulario en ingl矇s sin la carga de aburridas repeticiones o tediosas memorizaciones con Read & Think English. Dentro encontrar獺s m獺s de cien fascinantes art穩culos escritos en ingl矇s sobre cosas tales como los apreciados rituales de Acci籀n de Gracias o c籀mo interpretar el lenguaje corporal y la comunicaci籀n no verbal. Cada art穩culo presenta el nuevo vocabulario en negritas dentro del mismo art穩culo; en los m獺rgenes encontrar獺s las traducciones. Aprender獺s inmediatemente toda palabra que te sea desconocida.Con Read & Think English: Comprender獺s el vocabulario en ingl矇s r獺pida y f獺cilmente con la ayuda de las traducciones al espa簽olRevisar獺s y reforzar獺s el nuevo conocimiento adquirido con preguntas al final de cada cap穩tuloAprender獺s sobre los Estados Unidos, la diversidad de su gente, y sus tradiciones 繳nicas癒Elimina lo aburrido de aprender un idioma y descubre una herramienta ling羹穩stica innovadora que te mantendr獺 entretenido/a en tu recorrido hacia el manejo competente del ingl矇s!
50 Ways to Improve your Business English Using the Internet
這是一份適合自學商業技巧的超強書籍<br> 適合以下的讀者： 1.非以英語為母語的商業知識學習者 2.需要增強英文能力的工作者 3.經常因商務需求或人際關係的網路使用者 4.希望能針對商業網路英文加強英文能力者 職場人士有很多機會在網路上找尋豐富資訊，作更有效的商業溝通，而本書從基礎入門，提供50個方法更靈活運用網路資源，增進工作效率。 &本書內附一片搭配 CD教材 收錄65項單元 共60分鐘 & &The series provides a range of instant ways to improve your communication skills in business. The books contain a mixture of learning activities that suit different styles which allow the learner to concentrate on approaches and exercises that work best for them. The contents have been selected on the basis of current market research and the author’s long experience of running international communications skills courses. This is a self-help manual for those business people: -who have English as their second language -who need English in their work -who regularly use the Internet(e-mail ,the World Wide Web) for business and/or social purposes -who have little time for formal study but who would particularly like to focus on improving their Business English online. About Author Eric Baber is Director of an online-only language school which offers language training Primarily to business people. His includes teaching in classrooms in Asia and Europe, teacher-training in UK ,and offering teacher development courses for a number of commercial and academic institutions world wide. He has written a number of articles and Contributed to books on the use of Information Technology for Language learning and teaching.&
From Corpus to Classroom
The book summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing particularly on spoken data. It is based on analysis of corpora such as CANCODE and Cambridge International Corpus and is written with particular reference to the development of corpus-informed pedagogy. It examines the relevance of corpora to materials writers, course designers and language teachers and considers the needs of the learner in relation to authentic data. It shows how the answers to key questions such as 'Is there a basic, everyday vocabulary for English?', 'How should idioms be taught?' and 'What are the most common spoken language chunks?' are best explored by means of a clearer understanding of the workings of language in context.
Dialogue Activities
Dialogue Activities provides over 100 practical activities for teachers to adapt for their classrooms. These activities encourage learners to look at the English language through dialogues and spoken interaction from coursebooks, literature and media, as well as authentic conversation extracts. The book explores using dialogue to communicate personal meaning effectively. It covers dialogue as both 'product' and 'process' in language teaching and will encourage learners to look beyond conventional communicative strategies and practise spoken language in a fresh contextualised way.
The Internet and the Language Classroom
This new edition offers clear guidance on the practicalities of the Internet as a resource and classroom tool and a range of practical activities grouped by themes and levels.
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Mcgraw-Hill’s American Idioms Dictionary
Shape up your English with thousands of idiomsWhether you are a learner of English who is having difficulty understanding expressions in everyday speech or a native speaker who wants to expand your written or spoken range, you need a comprehensive reference for idioms, common phrases, and sayings of American English. McGraw-Hill's American Idioms Dictionary shows you the ropes of English and helps you: Expand your English-speaking abilities with these 14,000-plus expressions, proverbs, and common sayings, listed alphabetically Use American idioms correctly by following the many helpful examples Easily find the right phrase by one of its key words Some examples of the colorful English language, as spoken by Americans: at peace relaxed and happyevery trick in the book every deceptive method knownJohnny-on-the-spot someone who is in the right place at the right timemake a killing to have a great success, especially in making moneynine-to-five job a job with normal daytime hoursscream bloody murder to complain bitterlytake a powder to leave; to leave town
Cambridge Phrasal Verbs Dictionary
The new edition of the Cambridge Phrasal Verbs Dictionary covers around 6,000 phrasal verbs current in British, American and Australian English. Clear explanations and guidance help learners master this difficult yet essential aspect of the English language. * Fully updated with new phrasal verbs, e.g. cosy up to, copy in, sex up * Clear advice on grammar and usage * Thousands of example sentences show phrasal verbs in typical contexts * Most common phrasal verbs highlighted so students know which to learn * A thematic section shows phrasal verbs in topic groups for vocabulary expansion
Cambridge BEC Vantage 3 With Answers
Four complete Practice Tests from UCLES plus answer key, audio transcripts and introduction to the exam. Providing the most authentic exam preparation available, these past papers allow candidates to familiarise themselves with the content and format of the examination and to practise useful examination techniques. Books are numbered to indicate how many are available. Numbers do not refer to levels.
Issues in Testing Business English
Demand is steadily growing for language tests with a specialized focus which will suit the needs of key professional domains as diverse as business, law, the airline industry, and teacher education. This book explores the testing of language for sepcific purposes (LSP) from a theoretical and a practical perspective, with a particular focus on the testing of English for business purposes. A range of tests - both past and present - is reviewed, and the development of business English testing at Cambridge ESOL is discussed. The description of the revision of the Business English Certificates (BEC) forms a major part of the book and offers a unique insight into an approach to large-scale ESP test development and revision.
Games for Language Learning
Games can be used to practise any of the four language skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing - at any stage of the learning process, from controlled repetition through guided practice to free expression. This completely revised edition of the 'classic' title Games for Language Learning has been restructured to enable busy teachers to navigate it with ease and select the activities most suitable for each of their classes. The games can be integrated easily into existing coursework. There is a section on solo games for independent learners and the games have been selected to cater for a variety of learning styles. The book includes chapters on: Icebreakers and warmers, Speaking, Listening, Writing, Reading, Vocabulary and spelling, Grammar, and Solo games. This book will be of interest to both experienced and new teachers looking for fresh ideas.
Digalo Correctamente En Ingles
The revolutionary system that eliminates your common English pronunciation mistakesOne of the biggest obstacles you face when learning a language isthe fear of embarrassment when you mispronounce aword or phrase--which inevitably anyone new to English will do. The innovative teachers at EasilyPronounced Language Systems (EPLS) knock down thisbarrier with their revolutionary pronunciation system: easy-to-read vowel symbols that, when combined withconsonants, read in a straightforward manner, ratherthan in transliteration jargon. Almost instantly, youwill be able to confidently pronounce and use 500essential words and phrases in English!
Double Dealing Student`s Book: Advanced Business English Course
The Impact of High-Stakes Examinations on Classroom Teaching
It is widely believed that one of the most effective ways of creating change in an education system is by introducing or by re-designing high-stakes examinations. This method is not foolproof, however, as there are many factors which can affect the impact of such an innovation. This study analyses the effects of an examination which was meant to serve as a 'lever for change'. It illustrates how the intended outcome was altered by factors in the exam itself, as well as characteristics of the educational setting, the teachers and the learners. Included are reviews of the literature of examination impact and innovation in education, and guidelines for the consideration of educators who continue to believe in the potential of examinations to effect curriculum change.
Improving Vocabulary Skills-3/e
Introduces 300 essential words and word parts that are needed for general reading comprehension in high school and college.
Advancing Vocabulary Skills-3/e
Introduces 300 essential words and word parts that are needed for general reading comprehension in high school and college.
Groundwork for a Better Vocabulary.3/e
◎每單元以各種不同題型的練習測驗引導學生了解單字，有選擇題、克漏字、Crossword Puzzle等，之後還有綜合測驗加強學習效果。◎教學上，書中提供能力分級測驗，老師可依此選擇適合的字彙級數來使用。書後附錄列出每章節可討論的問題，可充分活用該章所習得的字彙。◎可作為全民英簡中級的字彙教材或自修的準備材料。本書另有搭配線上測驗，網址www.townsendpress.com
Groundwork for a Better Vocabulary.3/e
◎每單元以各種不同題型的練習測驗引導學生了解單字，有選擇題、克漏字、Crossword Puzzle等，之後還有綜合測驗加強學習效果。◎教學上，書中提供能力分級測驗，老師可依此選擇適合的字彙級數來使用。書後附錄列出每章節可討論的問題，可充分活用該章所習得的字彙。◎可作為全民英簡中級的字彙教材或自修的準備材料。本書另有搭配線上測驗，網址www.townsendpress.com
Five Minute Activities For Business English
Reflecting real-life business activities such as emails, noisy telephone conversations, making excuses, negotiating, handling customer complaints and cultural awareness, Five-Minute Activities for Business English helps teachers mirror the pacey feel of the work environment. This book is also of interest to teachers of general English who are looking for stimulating skills-based activities in meaningful contexts and complements both tailored and coursebook-based materials. The four main areas covered are 'Business topics', 'Business communication skills', 'Language work' and 'Exploiting coursebooks'. These areas feature activities on various topics such as money, finance, meetings, negotiations, telephoning, management, and marketing.
Learners’ Stories
Learners' Stories is a collection of nine original papers exploring individual differences in language learning from narrative and biographical perspectives. This book focusses on language learners as people, not as abstract individuals. By listening to the voices of the learners themselves and setting them in the context of their personal and social lives it advances our understanding of the enormous tasks faced by second and foreign language learners. It contains new and previously unpublished research which fills a gap in the existing literature. It also demonstrates how first-person accounts of langauge learning can be used practically both inside and outside the classroom.
Drama Techniques
Drama Techniques Third edition is a resource book of communicative activities for language teachers. This completely revised edition of the classic title Drama Techniques provides: *150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice *a large selection of drama-based techniques which focus learners' attention on communicative tasks or activities *techniques suitable for all levels *clear instructions for the teacher *advice on how to use the techniques in the classroom
Double Dealing Student`s Book: Pre-Intermediate Business English Course
Double Dealing Student`s Book: Intermediate Business English Course
Task-based Language Teaching
The ground-breaking Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom (Nunan, 1989), has been completely updated and revised to create this new edition, now titled Task-Based Language Teaching. The previous edition helped to set the research agenda in teaching methodology for a decade and while it underpins this new title, the material has been thoroughly updated and includes four completely new chapters.
