Friday, May 30, 2008

React Interact: Situations for Communication, Third Edition (Paperback)



Product Details
  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Pearson ESL; 3 edition (May 18, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0130220574
  • ISBN-13: 978-0130220578
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From the Back Cover

This popular topic-based conversation text offers readers the chance to express their ideas, opinions, and values in English, while concurrently expanding their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
Organized by theme and communicative function, React Interact stimulates conversation and lively classroom discussion with high-interest topics and thought-provoking questions. Vocabulary and writing exercises help students formulate ideas, communicate them clearly, and understand others¿ points of view.
The Third Edition includes:

  • New theme-based readings and opinion surveys that enrich each unit.
  • New role-playing activities.
  • Updated discussion topics with universal appeal.
  • Short, contextualized pronunciation activities.
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Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language


Cambridge University Press (November 20, 2006) | ISBN: 0521525640 | PDF | 314 pages | 1,9 Mb

Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

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The Primary English Encyclopedia: The Heart of the Curriculum (Paperback)



Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: David Fulton Publish; 1 edition (October 4, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1853467774
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853467776

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
In a time of great change and increasing demands on teachers, here is a reference book explaining key concepts, ideas and current requirements in the huge area of primary English. The encyclopedia aims to be comprehensive, user friendly and interesting. While the author has the needs of UK primary teachers and student teachers very much in mind, the intended audience stretches to anyone anywhere concerned about children's progress in English up to 11 years.

The encyclopaedia includes many short definitions - parts of speech, for example - and succinct explanations of current UK requirements. However, the author, who has worked with children and student teachers for many years, bears in mind the bigger shapes and purposes - how we can help children become confident speakers, thoughtful listeners, sensitive readers and successful writers. The project was inspired by a student teacher group who wanted a book that would be a friend throughout their primary English course and beyond.

The encyclopaedia includes an introduction identifying the heart of primary English and providing a unifying framework for the book; over 800 entries; fifteen extended entries on, for example, speaking and listening, reading, writing, drama, special needs and English, young learners speaking English as an additional language and assessment; up to date information and key issues; examples of children's work; and charts and diagrams.

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Idioms in American Life



Author: Julie Howard
Publisher: Prentice Hall
File size: 927 Kb
File type: PDF

This text helps students understand and use 100 high-frequency American idioms in various grammatical and situational contexts.
-- Twenty self-contained lessons move from highly controlled to less-controlled use of idioms.
-- Provides intensive practice in exercises designed for fluency attainment as well as comprehension.
-- Each lesson features a seven-part dialogue that introduces the idioms, with usage notes, structure practice, and comprehension exercises.

Learning idioms is an essential element for English as a Second Language students. This book not only contains an extensive list of useful and commonly used idioms but, in contrast to others, includes exercises with each lesson helping ensure that the material is remembered.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Common Mistakes at First Certificate and How to Avoid Them



Author: Tayfoor, Susanne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: P/Bk
ISBN-10: 0521520622
Publication Date: 2004

Description: Common Mistakes at First Certificate...and How to Avoid Them is based on an analysis of over 10,000 exam scripts and looks at the real errors made by students taking the Cambridge FCE. It highlights common mistakes and explains how to avoid them. It includes FCE style exercises and monitors progress through regular tests.


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Fluent English



Book Description

ISBN-1400020883

Fluent English is the ideal course for developing native-like fluency in English. It focuses on the essentials—idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs, practical vocabulary expansion, and grammar usage in context—and builds listening comprehension as well as pronunciation and intonation skills.

The course is divided into twenty lessons covering a range of topics from small talk and ocial situations, to telephones and business meetings, to computers, politics, and the nternet. Each lesson offers essential vocabulary related to its topic, as well as important hrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions that are typically challenging to the intermediatelevel student.

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American Accent Training



Product details

  • Paperback: 210 pages
  • Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2 edition (Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0764173693
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764173691

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This book is very easy to read and it has a very easy to understand structure. This book covers intonation patterns that are essential if you want to say what you mean, it covers word connections and this will give you that American musical way of saying things. One great thing this book has to offer is that it tries to help you to some extent depending what is you native language, it covers Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Indian, French, German, Korean and Russian (but no British English). The 5 CDs that come with this book takes you through the book work by word essential to help you identify were your accent needs work.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

10 Good Grammar Books for Better English


Focus on Advanced English: Cae Grammar Practice (Focus on Advanced English CAE)


English Grammar for the Utterly Confused



English Grammar Simplified



Grammar for everyone



Grammar Rules


Grammatically Correct, The Writer's Essential Guide to Punctuation, Spelling, Style, Usage, and Grammar


Just Enough English Grammar


The Cambridge Guide to Englsih Usage



The Good Grammar Book



Understanding and Using English Grammar

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Monday, May 26, 2008

TOEIC Analyst Second Edition – Mastering TOEIC Test-taking Skills [CD]



TOEIC Analyst Second Edition is designed to prepare students for the TOEIC test through analysis of common TOEIC question types and strategies for approaching each question. This book contains more than 700 questions in total to allow students to practice techniques for quickly recognizing test tasks and avoiding common mistakes.

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Longman Phrasal Verbs Dictionary



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  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Longman; 2 edition (6 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0582291828
  • ISBN-13: 978-0582291829
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm

Product Description
Synopsis
*5,000 phrasal verbs, including new ones from computing, business, and the Internet. *Unique Phrasal Verbs ActivatorA (R) helps learners choose the right phrasal verb for the context. *Clear grammar patterns show how to use phrasal verbs.

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Longman Press - Longman Pronunciation Dictionary Study Guide



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  • Paperback: 896 pages
  • Publisher: Longman; 2Rev Ed edition (23 Mar 2000)
  • Language French
  • ISBN-10: 0582364671
  • ISBN-13: 978-0582364677
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 15 x 4 cm

Product Description
Synopsis
This new edition provides up-to-date information and advice on the contemporary English pronunciation of 75,000 words. As well as providing clear models of widely accepted pronunications, it also presents valuable information about alternative pronunications, technical vocabulary and proper names.

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Longman Activator



Product Details
  • Hardcover: 1636 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company (June 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0582040922
  • ISBN-13: 978-0582040922
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.1 inches
Review:

The Longman Language Activator is a new kind of dictionary - it is a dictionary that enables language students to selectively encode what they want to state in English to a degree of linguistic accuracy that had hitherto been impossible using conventional dictionaries. Basically speaking, the Longman Language Activator is a dictionary of ideas. These ideas are the1052 key words that have been distilled from a spoken corpus of 10 million words and a written corpus of 30 million words. From these key words, the student is presented with options to help guide her in homing in on the most semantically relevant word for a particular context or situation. All the options are common, and are shown in order of frequency. The great strength of this dictionary is that it gives clear guidance on how words are normally used, and in which context they are appropriate, whether it be spoken or written, formal or informal, child or adult, or American or British. I particularly liked the dozen or so illustrations that demonstrate how proper use of the dictionary can train the learner to select words and phrases that a native-speaker would use, and perhaps I would have liked to see more of them. The Longman Language Activator is an excellent reference guide for teachers, and simply a must have for any advanced learner hoping to turn passive knowledge into active use.


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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

A Basic English Grammar Exercises


Product details
  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2Rev Ed edition (Feb 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0194329313
  • ISBN-13: 978-0194329316
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm

Product Description
Synopsis
Designed to accompany the standard textbook "A Basic English Grammar", this exercise book has been revised and updated to include 60 additional exercises. All exercises are cross-referenced to the textbook.

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Oxford Guide to English Grammar


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  • Paperback: 456 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press (8 Sep 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0194313514
  • ISBN-13: 978-0194313513
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm

Product Description
Book Description
A systematic account of grammatical forms and the way they are used in standard British English today.

Synopsis
This guide provides a systematic account of grammatical forms and the way they are used in standard British English today.

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Word formation in English


Interest in word-formation is probably as old as interest in language itself. As Dr Bauer points out in his Introduction, many of the questions that scholars are asking now were also being asked in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. However, there is still little agreement on methodology in the study of word-formation or theoretical approaches to it; even the kind of data relevant to its study is open to debate. Dr Bauer here provides students and general linguists alike with a new perspective on what is a confused and often controversial field of study, providing a resolution to the terminological confusion which currently reigns in this area. In doing so, he clearly demonstrates the challenge and intrinsic fascination of the study of word-formation. Linguists have recently become increasingly aware of the relevance of word-formation to work in syntax and semantics, phonology and morphology, and Dr Bauer discusses - within a largely synchronic and transformational framework - the theoretical issues involved. He considers topics where word-formation has a contribution to make to other areas of linguistics and, without pretending to provide a fully-fledged theory of word-formation, develops those points which he sees as being central to its study. The book draws on a wide range of sources, and general points are illustrated from a variety of languages. As the title suggests, though, the exposition is principally illustrated with material drawn from English, including close analysis of a number of sets of neologisms. A survey of the types of word-formation found in English is also included. Some background in linguistics is assumed, but students of linguistics and English language with no previous knowledge of word-formation or of morphology at all will find English Word-Formation an accessible and stimulating textbook.

Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Some basic concepts; 3. Lexicalization; 4. Productivity; 5. Phonological issues in word-formation; 6. Syntactic and semantic issues in word-formation; 7. An outline of English word-formation; 8. Theory and practice; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography and citation index; Index.

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Basic English Usage


By Michael Swan 'Basic English Usage'
Oxford University Press |
Pages:288 |
Date:1986-01 |
ISBN / ASIN:0194311872 |
3MB

An alphabetical guide to the most common problems of grammar and vocabulary.

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Common Errors in English Usage


Common Errors In English Usage puts the wisdom of author and English professor Paul Brians’, “Common Errors in English,” into print. Offering essential information concerning commonly misused words and phrases, from a scholar whose web site has been endorsed by BBC Online, Life magazine, USA Today, Yahoo! Internet (among others), Common Errors In English Usage is a practical, sensible, and very highly recommended “reader friendly” educational resource and reference for anyone seeking to improve their personal command of the fine nuances of the English language.

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Monday, May 19, 2008

50 Successful Harvard Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get into the College of Your Choice


Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Language: English
ISBN: 031220647
Paperback: 192 pages
Data: Jul 1999
Format: PDF
Description: This collection gives 50 great examples of effective and diverse ways to express individuality in that most dreaded of all tasks for high school seniors–writing the college application essay. Each was used by a Harvard student on his or her application and is followed with analysis by the staff of the Harvard Crimson, who help give perspective on what works well, what is a necessary evil, and what detracts from an otherwise compelling essays. With pointers on avoiding common essay pitfalls and stepping back to evaluate strengths applicants never realized they had, Fifty Successful Harvard Application Essays is an inspiration for every student trying to find the one thing that sets him or her apart from the crowd.

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Oxford Business English Dictionary for learners of English


Oxford Business English Dictionary for learners of English

English level:

Intermediate-Advanced (B1-C2)

Description

A new up-to-date Business English dictionary, that gives learners all the help and information they need to do business in English.

Overview

It includes more than 30,000 words, phrases and meanings from a wide variety of business areas, and has a special focus on using the language correctly. It also comes with a CD-ROM.

How can it be used?

  • Can help with preparation for Business English exams such as BEC
  • As a companion to Business English courses
  • For self-study

Who is it for?

  • Pre-work business students, in-work business people, teachers of Business English

Key features

  • Clear design helps busy people find what they want fast.
  • Words and phrases are explained clearly in simple language.
  • Groups of common phrases show words that are always used together to help learners combine words correctly (to open/close/have/hold an account).
  • Special notes build areas of vocabulary, explain the difference between words that are often confused and give information on aspects of business.
  • Illustrations and diagrams explain business concepts and processes (break-even point, decision-making).
  • Study pages focus on specific areas of business language.
  • The CD-ROM (only available with the dictionary) has everything in the dictionary, with extra words and phrases, more examples, pronunciation, listening practice and exercises to build confidence and help prepare for Business English exams
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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation


Author: Douglas Robinson
Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (September 26, 2003)
File size: 1,57 MB
File type: pdf

Douglas Robinson presents an innovative approach to translation by integrating translation theory and the practical skills required by the working translator. The book provides the type of information and advice that novice translators really need:
* how to translate faster and more accurately
* how to deal with arising problems and stress
* how the market works
* includes a wide variety of lively activities and exercises to facilitate the learning of both theory and practice
* includes a detailed Teachers Guide - contains suggestions for discussion and activities and hints for the teaching of translation.
Becoming a Translator has been specifically designed for introductory undergraduate courses in the theory and practice of translation. It will also be of interest to professional translators and students of translation and language.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Barron's 600 Essential Words for the TOEIC - Book


Editorial Reviews
Product Description
This valuable book, designed to help students preparing for the Test of English for International Communications, is available in a new, updated edition that now includes a compact disc to provide vital help in pronunciation and listening comprehension. Students are presented with American-style English vocabulary as it is used in the context of business, industry, and technology. Short follow-up quizzes at the end of each section test students’ learning progress.

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Something new has been added to this edition--a compact disc that provides you with vital help in pronunciation and listening comprehension! Emphasizing English vocabulary as it is used within the context of business, industry, and communications, this book with CD is focused to meet the special needs of TOEIC test takers, though it will prove a valuable learning tool in any ESL learning environment.

Each of 50 lessons focuses on a specific TOEIC business subject, for instance, contracts, marketing, banking, and personnel, among many others. Additional lessons concentrate on helping you expand your English vocabulary in areas related to cultural activities, such as movies, museums, music, art, and others.

Each lesson presents 12 target words with definitions, used in several different contexts. Exercises follow every lesson, and a quiz follows every five lessons to test your newly acquired skill in understanding and using the new words.


Product Details
  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Barron''s Educational Series; New edition augmented with an audio compact disc. edition (July 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764175386
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764175381
  • Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

American Master

A very good program for you if you want to master American English!

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Cracking the TOEIC - CD



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Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the TOEIC is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about English–only what you'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the TOEIC, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Ace the Reading and Listening Comprehension sections of the exam
·Raise your score by making the most of your time and knowing what to expect

This book includes 2 full-length practice TOEIC exams, plus two audio CDs with listening exercises and a full transcript. The questions and exercises are like the ones you’ll see on the actual TOEIC.

About the Author
The Princeton Review is the fastest growing test-preparation company in the country, with over 60 franchise offices in the nation. Each year, we help more than 2 million students prepare for college, grad school, professional licensing exams, and successful careers.

Product Details
  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton Review; Pap/Com edition (June 10, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0375763279
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375763274
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
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Kaplan TOEFL Listening Practice - CD


Author: Kaplan
Format: Compact Disc
Publication Date: December 2004
Publisher: Kaplan
Dimensions: 5"H x 5.5"W x 0.5"D; 0.24 lbs.
ISBN-10: 0743264371
ISBN-13: 9780743264372

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Advanced Listening and Speaking


  • Paperback: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2Rev Ed edition (30 Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0194534251
  • ISBN-13: 978-0194534253
  • Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.8 x 1 cm
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Phrasal Verbs And Idioms-Advanced



Making Headway Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Upper Intermediate (Paperback) by Graham Workman (Author)

Product Details
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 22, 1993)
Book Description
A needs-based supplementary series for adults and young adults.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

A good turn of phrase!



Advanced Practice in phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases.
A good turn of Phrase consists of 16 units, each presenting and practising English phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases in current use. Phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases are presented in context, then they are tested in such activities as "key-word" transformation, multiple choice, gap filling and word matching.
Unit 16 contains supplementary exercises offering students further practice
with phrasal verbs and prepositions.
A good turn of Phrase is aimed at students at post-intermediate and advanced levels.
It can be used in the classroom or for self-study to help learners use the English language.

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Grammar punctuation and capitalization

Get the best rules for punctuation and capitalization of English!

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Webster Guide to Grammar and Writing

Better Grammar, Better Writing!

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Express yourself - Writing Skills for High School

Very good for building the basis of English Writing!

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Friday, May 9, 2008

Oxford Practice Grammar


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The Ins and Outs of Prepositions



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597 business and personal Letters

Better knowledge of how to write letters!
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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advance and Proficiency


This preparation book provides thorough coverage of the structures and vocabulary essential for exam success. Grammar is presented clearly and concisely in each unit, with integrated coverage of vocabulary and varied and challenging exercises.
  • Geared exactly to the requirements of the exams
  • Learner errors identified and corrected using the Longman Learner?s Corpus
  • Diagnostic test for every unit, and regular progress tests in exam format
  • Clear cross-referencing of related grammar and vocabulary
  • Special focus on useful words and phrases
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The pronunciation of English, a course book

Better pronunciation for you!
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Sound patterns of Spoken English


Better spoken English!

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Oxford Guide to Writing


There is an apparently endless supply of books about writing. Very few of those books, surprisingly, offer a thorough and scholarly approach to the basics: words, sentences, and paragraphs. The New Oxford Guide to Writing does. According to author Thomas S. Kane, writing is "an exercise of mind requiring the mastery of techniques anyone can learn." Kane's not claiming he can create a genius, but, as he says in his introduction, "you don't have to be a genius to write clear, effective English."

The writing that Kane refers to here is expository and persuasive in nature--writing most likely to be required in day-to-day life. In great detail Kane explores the building of an essay, the development of paragraphs, the styling of sentences, the use of diction, and, finally, issues of punctuation. It is unlikely that very many writers have scrutinized the building blocks of language the way Kane has, but it's never too late. Rare is the sourcebook that can offer so much both to beginners and experts alike. And anyone who loves words will thrill to encounter--if he or she hasn't done so already.

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LONGMAN - Complete course for the TOEFL test. Preparation for the Computer and Paper Test


Longman Complete Course
for the TOEFL® Test
Preparation for the Computer
and Paper Tests

Student's Book

This book is intended to prepare students for the TOEFL® (Test of English as a Foreign Language) test in both its paper and computer formats. It is based on the paper format first introduced in July 1995 and the computer format first introduced in July 1998.
Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL® Test: Preparation for the Computer and Paper Tests can be used in a variety of ways, depending on the needs of the reader: It can be used as the primary classroom text in a course emphasizing TOEFL test preparation. It can be used as a supplementary text in a more general English language course. It can be used as a tool for individualized study by students preparing for the TOEFL test outside of the ESL classroom.


WHAT IS IN THE BOOK


This book contains a variety of materials which together provide a comprehensive preparation program:
Diagnostic Pre-Tests for each section, in both paper and computer formats, measure students' level of performance on each section of the TOEFL test and allow students to determine specific areas of weakness.
Skills and Strategies for each of the sections of the TOEFL test provide students with clearly defined steps to improve performance on the test.
Exercises provide practice of one or more skills in a non-TOEFL format.
TOEFL Exercises provide practice of one or more skills in a non-TOEFL format.
TOEFL Review Exercises provide practice of all of the skills taught up to that point in a TOEFL format.
TOEFL Post-Tests for each section, in both paper and computer formats, measure the progress that students have made after working through the skills and strategies in the text.
Complete Tests, in both paper and computer formats, allow the students to simulate the experience of taking actual TOEFL tests with all of the sections together in one complete test.
Scoring Information allows students to determine their approximate TOEFL scores on the paper version of the Pre-Tests, Post-Tests, and Complete Practice Tests.
Charts allow students to record their progress on the Pre-Tests, Post-Tests, and Complete Practice Tests.
Recording Scripts allow the students to see the text of all the listening exercises and tests included on the audio cassettes/CDs.


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Dialogues For beginners!

Enjoy this material - A lot of simple, practical conversation for beginners to practice!
Here is four sample conversations (you'll more after downloading the file)

Dialogue 1

- Hello. My name's Pete. What's yours?
- Ann
- Nice name. I like it very much.
- Thank you. You name's good, too.
- It was nice meeting you.
- Thanks. It was nice meeting you.

Dialogue 2

- What's the date today, I wonder?
- Sunday, the 8th of March.
- What is it famous for?
- Don't you know? It's International Women's Day.

Dialogue 3

- Are lessons over?
- Yes, they are.
- Where're you going? Home?
- No, to the pictures. My friend's waiting for me there.
- Good luck, then. Good bye.
- Well, I'm off. See you later.

Dialogue 4

- Have you got any hobbies? I have. I like English.
- So do I.
- Do you read much?
- Yes, because I want to know English well.
- Oh, let's talk English for a bit.
- No objections to it.

The level of difficulty increases after each dialogue!

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Practical English Grammar

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Advanced Listening from BBC: Carbon - The Basics Of Life

Publisher: BBC
File size: 17,55 Mb
File type: mp3

Carbon - the basis of life
Carbon forms the basis of all organic life and has the amazing ability to bond with itself and a wide range of other elements, forming nearly 10 million known compounds. It is in the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the shampoo we use and the petrol that fuels our cars. Because carbon has the largest range of subtle bonding capabilities, 95% of everything that exists in the universe is made up of carbon atoms that are stuck together.

It is an extraordinary element for many reasons: the carbon-nitrogen cycle provides some of the energy produced by the sun and the stars; it has the highest melting point of all the elements; and its different forms include one of the softest and one of the hardest substances known.

What gives carbon its great ability to bond with other atoms? What is the significance of the recent discovery of a new carbon molecule - the C60? What role does carbon play in the modern chemistry of nanotechnology? And how should we address the problem of our diminishing carbon energy sources?



Harry Kroto, Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University

Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University

Ken Teo, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Cambridge University


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Expanding Tactics for Listening - Test Booklet


Author: Andy London, Jack C. Richards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
File size: 2,2 Mb
File type: Pdf

The Expanding Tactics for Listening Test Booklet is designed for unit-by-unit evaluation of students' mastery of the Student Book. (Midterm and final tests are available separately in Expanding Tactics for Listening Teacher's Book.) The tests may be given in a language laboratory or in a regular classroom with a CD player, and they are easily administered to large or small groups of students. Teachers may use the tests to assign grades or to identify areas where students need additional assistance. This test package includes photocopiable student test sheets, an answer key, and a tapescript of the tests. A CD on the inside back cover of the Test Booklet contains the recordings needed to administer the tests. The test items are based on the listening activities presented in the Student Book. To assess students' speaking ability, teachers may use the interviews, role plays, and other speaking activities in the Over to You sections of the Student Book.

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Developing Tactics for Listening - Test Booklet



Author:
Lisa A. Hutchins, Jack C. Richards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
File size: 2,6 Mb
File type: Pdf

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Basic Tactics for Listening - Student Book + Student's CD (SECOND EDITION)

Author: Jack C. Richards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
File size: 15,1 Mb
File type: Pdf

A fresh, new edition of the classroom-proven listening skills favourite. The new edition contains even more listening practice, plus expanded speaking activities, while retaining the effective listening practice and clear, natural language that teachers love, within a student-friendly page design.


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Monday, May 5, 2008

Build your Vocabulary - Upper Intermediate

This is a very useful book for those who want to increase their vocabulary ^^

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Sunday, May 4, 2008

The TOEFL Test

The TOEFL Test
by Francis Lide
Elaine Bacon Literacy Program


TOEFL is an acronym for Test of English as a Foreign Language, a standardized test au-thored, updated, and administered by the Educational Testing Service. The test’s official web site is www.toefl.org, which is constantly updated and offers useful information in greater detail. The web site offers a variety of materials, from those available for purchase (actually licensing) to some sample materials that can be downloaded for free.

TOEFL is the recognized test for non-native speakers of English who wish to study “in the United States, Canada, or other countries where English is the language of instruc-tion.”
For nonnative speakers, most American Universities list minimum scores as one of their admission requirements. Many of our Elaine Bacon clients have either already taken the TOEFL test, have spouses who have taken it, or plan to take it themselves.
Long offered on paper, TOEFL is now offered in a computer-based version as well. ETS is phasing out the paper version, and only the computer version is available locally in Marquette, the closest testing location. Most sections of the test require no entering of text, and test-takers go through a tutorial on mouse use and scrolling before the test is given. The computer-based version lasts from 3 ½ to 4 hours, including the tutorials.
The new, computer-based TOEFL is now a four-part test, with sections on listening, structure, reading comprehension, and writing. With the writing section, test-takers are given the choice of composing their essay into the computer or writing it out by hand on an answer sheet. Results composed on the keyboard are graded faster. It seems obvious from the above that our clients who plan to take the test should develop keyboarding skills as well as mouse skills involving scrolling and selecting text in reverse video.
Unlike many other standardized multiple-choice tests, TOEFL does not have a correc-tion factor to correct for random guessing. Test-takers are encouraged to fill in every question, and to guess among possible answers if they can eliminate one or more choices.
The Educational Testing Service also administers a separate “Test of Spoken Eng-lish.” Several years ago, I had a client from India who was required to get a certain score on the TSE as a requirement for licensure as an occupational therapist in Michigan. An-other TOEFL test of spoken English is called SPEAK. a test designed to be administered locally by universities to assess the speaking proficiency of nonnative speakers applying for teaching assistantships. At Michigan Tech, graduate students applying for financial aid as teaching assistants must take this test, which is administered on an appointment basis by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development. Test-takers record their responses on audiotape. This test requires test-takers to give directions on the basis of maps or other graphic stimuli, and to generate spoken English by responding to taped utterances. I am told that using comic strips and cartoons as conversation starters is a good preparation for this test. To judge by one of my students who scored high enough to become a teaching assistant, fluency rather than grammatical accuracy is the crucial fac-tor. Test-takers must be able to keep a flow of talk going..
The highest possible score on the computer version of TOEFL is 300. On the paper version it is 677. The lowest possible scores are 40 and 310 respectively. As of October, 2001, Finlandia University listed a TOEFL score of 500 (paper) or 173 (computer) for “entrance to all undergraduate programs.” According to the Michigan Tech web site, for graduate study Physics requires a paper score of 570, while Mechanical Engineering wants a score greater than 610. It seems strange that scores are expected that are so close to the highest possible. Either a score of 677 (300) describes a proficiency level far short of that of an educated native speaker, or the converted scores become increasingly dense as one goes higher on the scale. (I. e., a ten-point difference above 600 denotes a greater difference in proficiency than the same difference around 400.)
According to one of our catalogs of ESL materials., advanced learners are described as TOEFL 450 + on the scale of the print test.
In my opinion, if a standardized test is valid it cannot be easily gamed. Taking our tutees through test-taking materials can help them achieve the highest possible score given their level of proficiency, but it will only marginally increase that proficiency. If they can predict their score through practicing with test-taking materials, however, they can avoid paying the $110 fee until they are reasonably sure they can achieve an accept-able score.

TOEFL and ESL offerings at Michigan Tech
Upon searching the Michigan Tech web site, I was unable to find a university-wide mini-mal TOEFL score for all international students whose native language is not English. Ap-parently, the university prefers not to announce a minimum score in order to retain flexi-bility in admitting otherwise highly desirable students.
The web page of Tech’s Center for International Education lists ESL courses at the in-termediate, advanced, and “academic support” levels starting spring semester, 2002. The Director of ESL Programs is Fran Wiideman.
The minimum score for the intermediate level ESL courses is 400 for the paper-based test, 97 for the computer-based. To judge by the offerings, it is possible to take up to 18 credit hours of intermediate or advanced ESL at a fee of $210 per credit hour. In order to get a student visa, one needs to enroll in sufficient credit hours to qualify as a full-time student. I therefore conclude that there are some students at Michigan Tech with very low TOEFL scores.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

INTRODUCTION TO "LINKGOES DICTIONARIES!"


Lingoes Translator
Lingoes is a dictionary and multi-language translation software providing results in over 80 languages. It offers text translation, a cursor-driven translator, index list group and pronouncing text, and abundant free dictionaries as a new gerenation dictionary and translation software. Lingoes offers users the instantest way to look up dictionaries and translation among English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Greek, Polish, Arabic, Hebrew and more over 80 languages. With the creative cursor translator, Lingoes automatically recognizes the word and its definition as soon as you move the cursor and point to any text, then press hotkey. It wouldn't disturb your current work. Lingoes owns full features of current popular commercial software, and creatively develop cross language design and open dictionaries management. A plenty of dictionaries and thesauruses are listed for free download. Lingoes is the best tool for learning all kinds of languages.

Here are the DOWNLOAD LINK FOR LINGOES DICTIONARY
Here are some excellent additional Dictionaries for Lingoes:
  1. Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary (DOWNLOAD LINK 1) (DOWNLOAD LINK 2)
  2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English (DOWNLOAD LINK 1) (LINK 2)
  3. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learners' Dictionary (DOWNLOAD LINK 1) (LINK 2)
You can always find more from the lingoes homepage: click here

All the dictionaries (including the program itself) is taken from the lingoes homepage for convenient matter - We do state the source already! (What's more, the title is "Introduction" ^^)

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How to prepare for the TOEFL ESSAY



The written essay is a very important part of the Test of English as a Foreign Language. This manual offers solid preparation, with instructions for organizing details and ideas for a topic, then developing them in clear, grammatical written English. The author provides approximately 185 models essays for students to read and analyze plus exercises in proofreading and editing rough drafts of essays.

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Barron's 600 Essential Words for the TOEIC



Very good for those who want to take the TOEIC Test.
Here we have the two CDs in the series, the book (pdf format) will be uploaded soon, please leave any comments if you want to get notified of the availability of the book here at http://english-download.blogspot.com

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The book will be here soon ^^

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