Grammar: A Friendly Approach, 2nd Edition

Title: Grammar: A Friendly Approach
Author(s): Christine Sinclair
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0335240860
Date: 2010, 2nd Edition
Pages: 200
Size: 4.28 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

Do you feel that your writing lets you down? Are you concerned about how to punctuate properly? Do you have problems turning your thoughts into writing? Do you need some help with referencing? If so, then this book will help you to address your concerns and feel more confident about your writing skills! This book introduces grammar in a gentle way by illustrating the kinds of issues students may come across by setting them in context using a soap opera style script. [+/-]

Through a combination of the stories of the students and carefully constructed chapters, the book provides details on the essential aspects of grammar, language use and punctuation needed by all university students. There are also exercises to encourage the reader to relate the issues to their own practice and experiences, as well as an extensive glossary which defines the terms that are used throughout the book. This new edition is completely revised and updated with a new structure covering: Academic language Standard English Sentence construction and punctuation Reflective writing When and where to place an apostrophe Using grammar checkers Avoiding plagiarism, Grammar: A Friendly Approach is an irreverent look at the rules of grammar that has become well-loved by students at college and university. It is also recommended by teachers and tutors who see rapid and noticeable improvements in the written work of those who employ the author's tactics.

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Linguistic Categorization, 2nd Edition

Title: Linguistic Categorization: Prototype in Linguistic Theory
Author(s): John R. Taylor
Publisher: Oxf
ISBN: 019870013X
Date: 1995, 2nd Edition
Pages: 165
Size: 42.6 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, readable
Language: American English

This text explores the implications of Eleanor Rosch's seminal work on categorization and prototype theory, extending the application of prototype theory from lexical semantics to morphology, syntax, and phonology. It provides a readable introduction to the field of cognitive linguistics. For this edition, the author has added a further chapter which updates the book, particularly in its treatment of lexical semantics.

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127 Hours [2010] (720p BRRip x264 + English Subtitle)

Title: 127 Hours [2010] 720p BRRip x264
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | Thriller
Starring: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara
Release Date: 28 January 2011
Running Time: 01:33:41
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280x688 23.98fps
Audio: AAC 48000Hz 6ch 400kbps
Size: 1.89 Gb
Format: .mp4 + .srt
Language: American English
Credit: www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344

127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? [+/-]

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Up [2009] (DVDRip+English Subtitle)

Title: Up [2009]
Genres: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Starring: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai and John Ratzenberger
Release Date: 13 May 2009
Running Time: 01:33:50
Video: Xvid 640x352 23.98fps
Audio: MP3 44100Hz stereo 115kbps
Size: 701 Mb
Format: .avi + .srt
Language: American English
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A young Carl Fredrickson meets a young adventure spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a Lost Land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. Then, when he inadvertently hits a construction worker, he is forced to go to a retirement home. But before they can take him, he and his house fly away. However he has a stowaway aboard. An 8 year old boy named Russell, who's trying to get an Assisting the Elderly badge. Together, they embark on an adventure, where they encounter talking dogs, an evil villain and a rare bird named Kevin. [+/-]

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A Key to Dutch History

Title: A Key to Dutch History
Author(s): Committee for the Development of the Dutch Canon
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9789053564981
Date: 2007
Pages: 229
Size: 10 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

Many think they know the legends behind tulipmania and the legacy of the Dutch East India Tea Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history and culture should be passed on to future generations? A Key to Dutch History and its resulting overview of historical highlights, assembled by a number of specialists in consultation with the Dutch general public, provides a thought-provoking and timely answer. The democratic process behind the volume is reminiscent of the way in which the Netherlands has succeeded for centuries at collective craftsmanship, and says as much about the Netherlands as does the outcome of the opinions voiced.

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Living English Structure for Schools

Title: Living English Structure for Schools
Level: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced
Author(s): W. Stannard Allen
Publisher: Longman
Date: 1961
Pages: 96
Size: 14.23 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, readable, printable
Language: English

This book is a shortened, simplified version for Secondary Schools of "Living English Structure". It retains the character of the original book in that it provides grammatical practice material graded througout into Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced. It starts, however, at an easier level and take the work up to and slightly beyond the standard of the overseas equivalent of the General Certificate of Education, Ordinary level. The grammatical notes have been expanded and more examples included.

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High School English Grammar and Composition, 2nd Edition

Title: High School English Grammar and Composition, 2nd Edition
Level: High School
Author(s): WREN & MARTIN
Publisher: S. CHAND & COMPANY LTD.
ISBN: 8121900093
Pages: 940
Size: 2.55 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: English

The material in the book has been further updated where called for. It has been felt necessary in particular to revise some material in the chapters dealing with adjectives, active and passive voice, articles and prepositions. Appendix I, which deals with American English, has been expanded. Appendix II has been replaced with a newer set of tests covering the important areas of grammar. [+/-]

It was in the year 1972 that the shrewd visionary Mr. Shyam Lai Gupta obtained the permission of Manecji Cooper Education Trust for the revision of this book and commissioned me to revise it thoroughly. The revised edition came out in 1973 and was well received. One of the main features of the revised edition was the addition of a great deal of new material (such as the three chapters on structures) based on the new developments in the study of English structure and usage. Subsequently the book was revised every four or five years and most extensively in 1999.

Unlike many traditional grammar books, the book in the present form helps the student to use the language as well as giving detailed information about the language. It provides ample guidance and practice in sentence building, correct usage, comprehension, written composition and other allied areas so as to equip the student with the ability to communicate effectively in English.

It is gratifying to learn that this classic work, though primarily intended for use in the Indian subcontinent, is also used in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, ingapore, Mauritius, etc. It is hoped that the book will be found useful in many more countries where English is used as a second or foreign language.

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Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution

Title: Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution
Author(s): Maggie Tallerman
ISBN: 0199279039
Date: 2005
Pages: 447
Size: 2.25 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. It does so from the perspective of the latest work in linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, and deploys the latest methods and theories to probe into the origins and subsequent development of the only species that has languages.

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Speak English better than you do

Speaking English is easier than you think it is. The only thing you should know is that "nothing is impossible", if you want to do it, you can do it and you will speak English like an American.

In fact, if you want to speak English better you should have a huge vocabulary in your head, and you should know how to make a good sentence, than you should know how to speak English with a good accent.

Of course I'm not telling you to take a book and than start to memorize the vocabulary, my method says that "listening" is the most important thing, and don't forget to relax when you listen to English.

I've written a good post telling you how to learn more English vocabulary faster you can check it, it's very important.

How about the accent? Can you have a good pronunciation?
Of course! I've already told you that listening is the key to English speaking, just relax, and have fun, the only thing you should do is choosing the right thing to listen to.
You can read my article "How to improve your English accent now" in order to have more details about the accent and the pronunciation.

I'm waiting for your comments, I like helping you!

Speak English better than you do

Speaking English is easier than you think it is. The only thing you should know is that "nothing is impossible", if you want to do it, you can do it and you will speak English like an American.

In fact, if you want to speak English better you should have a huge vocabulary in your head, and you should know how to make a good sentence, than you should know how to speak English with a good accent.

Of course I'm not telling you to take a book and than start to memorize the vocabulary, my method says that "listening" is the most important thing, and don't forget to relax when you listen to English.

I've written a good post telling you how to learn more English vocabulary faster you can check it, it's very important.

How about the accent? Can you have a good pronunciation?
Of course! I've already told you that listening is the key to English speaking, just relax, and have fun, the only thing you should do is choosing the right thing to listen to.
You can read my article "How to improve your English accent now" in order to have more details about the accent and the pronunciation.

I'm waiting for your comments, I like helping you!

Most important 500 Word List for TOEFL Test (M)

MACHIAVELLIAN:Sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning;crafty - a machiavellian design, wickedly contrived. Synonym: unscrupulous.

MALICIOUS (noun: MALICE): Bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite- hurting with malicious intent. Synonyms: rancorous, malignant, malevolent,virulent, vindictive. Antonym: benign.

MASQUERADE (verb): To assume a deceptive appearance or character - a thiefmasquerading as an honest man. Synonyms:  dissemble, feign. (noun): A disguise; a groupof people in disguise or fancy costumes - a masquerade so perfect no one couldguess his identity.

MAUDLIN: Sentimental to the point of tears - turned maudlin at the mention ofhis lost dog. Synonym: mawkish, lachrymose.

MEANDER: To walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) -meandered through the town, looking into shop windows. Synonym: ramble.

MEDIOCRE: Average in quality - a mediocre performance, unworthy of his talents.

MERCENARY: Acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit - actuated bya mercenary motive. Synonym: venal.

MERETRICIOUS: Attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner- a meretriciousbeauty that is too flashy to be real. Synonyms: tawdry, specious.

METICULOUS: Fussy about minute details - took meticulous pains with hiscomposition. Synonyms: fastidious, punctilious, overscrupulous, finical,methodical. Antonyms: desultory, perfunctory, slovenly.

METTLE (adj.: METTLESOME: high-spirited ): Disposition; spirit; courage - Hismettle was tried in battle. Idiom: to be on one's mettle (meaning, “ready to doone's best”). Synonyms: temperament, ardor.

MICROCOSM: A little world, or a universe in miniature this village, a microcosmof the great outside world. Antonym macrocosm (world on a large scale).

MIMIC: To make fun of or copy by imitating - mimicked the comedian's gestures.

MISANTHROPIC (noun: MISANTHROPE): Hating or distrusting mankind - condemned forhis misanthropic views. Antonyms:  philanthropic, altruistic.

MISNOMER: A name or term that describes wrongly - To call him a brave man isreally a misnomer.

MONOLOGUE: A speech by one person - The actor gave his views in a dramaticmonologue. Synonym: soliloquy. Antonyms: colloquy (adj. colloquial):conversation between two or more persons; dialogue: conversation between twopersons.

MOROSE: Gloomy; ill-humored - shunned because of his morose temper. Synonyms:  sulky, crabbed, sullen, splenetic, saturnine.Antonyms:  blithe, genial.

MOTLEY: Of various colors; of mixed ingredients - a motley costume; a motleycrowd. Synonyms:  checkered (referring toa varied career), piebald, variegated, diverse, heterogeneous. Antonym:homogeneous.

MOTTLED: Spotted or streaked with varied colors - a mottled pony. Synonyms: blotched,dappled.

MUNDANE: Of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit -mundane affairs. Synonyms: earthly, terrestrial, secular, temporal.

MURKY: Dark; cloudy - a murky cavern. Synonyms: dismal, tenebrous, fuliginous. Antonyms:resplendent, glowing, lustrous, luminous, fulgent, coruscating.

MUTABLE: Given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form - mutable in mood asa spring wind. Synonyms: vacillating, fickle, inconstant, fitful, mercurial,wavering, capricious. Antonyms: constant, steady.

MYRIAD: Innumerable - the myriad stars in the heavens.

Conversation in Action - Let's Talk

Title: Conversation in Action - Let's Talk
Author(s): Edward R. Rosset
Publisher: Stanley
ISBN: 8478733264
Date: 2001
Pages: 112
Size: 10.81 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

Conversation in action is a book designed for teachers. The 50 units that make up the book are the result of many years of experience in the area of languages. It tries to solve the problems of many teachers that have difficulties in making pupils speak in English. Others have a hard time in finding topics to speak about, without repeating themselves day after day. [+/-]

For one reason or other, the experience shows that teachers spend the whole class speaking, while pupils answer with monosyllables. This book provides the teacher with endless questions, besides interactive ideas; with this, an appropriate atmosphere is created for the students to express themselves in English.

The book is made up of 50 units; a different topic being worked out in each unit
There are 40 questions about each topic. An illustration and a text about which the pupils have to make questions and answers as well as give explanations, complete the unit Couples or groups are made up to discuss, to comment about assertions and to decide whether some things are true or false.

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Online Intercultural Exchange: An Introduction for Foreign Language Teachers

Title: Online Intercultural Exchange: An Introduction for Foreign Language Teachers
Author(s): Robert O’Dowd
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd
ISBN: 9781847690081
Date: 2007
Pages: 305
Size: 1.92 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

This volume provides an introduction to online intercultural exchange, the activity of engaging language learners in collaborative project work with partners from other cultures through the use of online communication technology. The chapters look at how online collaboration can be successfully integrated into the foreign language classroom and how it can contribute to the development of students' intercultural communicative competence.

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At Your Service: SB + WB + TB

Title: At Your Service: Student's Book, Workbook and Teacher's Book
Author(s): Trish Stott and Angela Buckingham
Date: 1995
Pages: 97 + 48 + 66
Size: 106 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good
Language: American English

At your service English for travel and Tourist Industry - this course is for people training to work in hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, tourisy information centres, and airports, in any jobs where basic communicative competence in English is essential. [+/-]

Contents:
1. May I introduce myself?
2. What do you do?
3. What time does the next train leave?
4. What kind of room would you like?
5. Don't leave your bags on the bus.
6. Is there a bank near here?
7. Who's calling please?
8. Would you like a window seat?
9. How was your day?
10. Are you ready to order?
11. How will you be paying?
12. We'll meet back here at three o'clock.
13. Why don't you take the city bus tour?
14. Shall I send you a brouchure?
15. I look forward to hearing from you

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Learning Through Practice

Title: Learning Through Practice: Models, Traditions, Orientations and Approaches (Professional and Practice-based Learning)
Author(s): Stephen Billett
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789048139385
Date: 2010
Pages: 309
Size: 2.96 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

The book’s two sections first explore the conceptual foundations of learning through practice, and then provide detailed examples of its implementation. Long-standing practice-based approaches to learning have been used in many professions and trades. Indeed, admission to the trades and major professions (e.g. medicine, law, accountancy) can only be realised after completing extended periods of practice in authentic practice settings. [+/-]

However, the growing contemporary interest in using practice-based learning in more extensive contexts has arisen from concerns about the direct employability of graduates and the increasing focus on occupation-specific courses in both vocations and higher education.

It is an especially urgent issue in an era of critical skill shortages, rapidly transforming work requirements and an aging workforce combined with a looming shortage of new workforce entrants. We must better understand how existing models of practice-based learning are enacted in order to identify how they can be applied to different kinds of employment and workplaces. The contributions to this volume explore ways in which learning through practice can be conceptualised, enacted, and appraised through an analysis of the traditions, purposes, and processes that support this learning—including curriculum models and pedagogic practices.

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How to Teach English with Technology (eBook+CD-ROM)

Title: How to Teach English with Technology
Author(s): Gavin Dudeney and Nicky Hockly
Publisher: Longman
ISBN: 978l405847735
Date: 2008
Pages: 194
Size: 388 Mb
Format: PDF + EXE
Quality: High
Language: British English

How to Teach English with Technology by Gavin Dudeney and Nicky Hockly offers a clear, comprehensive, confidence-building introduction to the use of technology in the language classroom.

The book includes:
• a CD-ROM with video tutorials about how to use Webquests, Skype, Blogger, RSS, Second Life etc.
• information on how to set up internet-based project work
• instructions on how to use blogs, wikis, and podcasts etc.
• a guide to producing your own electronic materials

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Level 3: Romeo and Juliet

Title: Romeo and Juliet
Level: 3
Author(s): William Shakespeare
Publisher: Penguin Readers
ISBN: 0582817021
Date: 2002
Pages: 65
Size: 17 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned, readable
Language: English

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories in the world. But it is more than a great love story. It is also about life and death, happiness and sadness, and the terrible hate between two great families. Shakespeare's beautiful tale is still as popular today as it was more than 400 years ago.

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Rich Man, Poor Man by T.C. Jupp

Title: Rich Man, Poor Man
Level: Beginner
Author(s): T.C. Jupp
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 0435271717
Date: N/A
Pages: 36
Size: 1.94 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good
Language: English

Adam's money order was for one hundred pounds. Suddenly he was a rich man!

"Go to the post office," said the school teacher. "The post office official will give you the money."

Adam went to the post office. But the official did not give him the money. Adam felt old and he felt poor again.

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American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4

Title: American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4
Author(s): Bob Batchelor
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780313344107
Date: 2009
Pages: 1703
Size: 23.64 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade is the most comprehensive reference on American pop culture ever assembled, beginning with the 1900s up through today.

Pop culture is the heart and soul of America, a unifying bridge across time bringing together generations of diverse backgrounds. Whether looking at the bright lights of the Jazz Age in the 1920s, the sexual and the rock-n-roll revolution of the 1960s, or the thriving social networking websites of today, each period in America's cultural history develops its own unique take on the qualities define our lives. [+/-]

American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade is the most comprehensive reference on American popular culture by decade ever assembled, beginning with the 1900s up through today. The four-volume set examines the fascinating trends across decades and eras by shedding light on the experiences of Americans young and old, rich and poor, along with the influences of arts, entertainment, sports, and other cultural forces.

In-depth chapters trace the evolution of pop culture in 11 key categories:

- Key Events in American Life,
- Advertising,
- Architecture,
- Books,
- Newspapers,
- Magazines and Comics,
- Entertainment,
- Fashion,
- Food,
- Music,
- Sports and Leisure Activities,
- Travel,
- and Visual Arts.

Designed to meet the high demand for resources that help students study American history and culture by the decade, this one-stop reference provides readers with a broad and interdisciplinary overview of the numerous aspects of popular culture in our country. Thoughtful examination of our rich and often tumultuous popular history, illustrated with hundreds of historical and contemporary photos, makes this the ideal source to turn to for ready reference or research.

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Teacher Preparation for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

Title: Teacher Preparation for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms: A Resource for Teacher Educators
Author(s): Tamara Lucas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415997925
Date: 2011
Pages: 252
Size: 1.63 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

Teacher educators today need knowledge and practical ideas about how to prepare all pre-service and in-service teachers (not just bilingual or ESL specialists) to teach the growing number of students in K-12 classrooms in the United States who speak native languages other than English. This book is at the forefront in focusing exclusively on the preparation of mainstream classroom teachers for this population of students. [+/-]

Part one provides the conceptual and contextual framework for the book, including a comprehensive discussion of relevant demographic trends and an analysis of national and state policies. Part two presents examples of initiatives in different institutional and geographic settings, highlighting three essential elements of teacher preparation: curriculum content, program design, and program coherence.

Meeting a pressing need among teacher educators left to figure out, largely by trial and error, how best to prepare non-specialist classroom teachers to work with ELLs, this book both contributes to the research base and provides practical information to help readers envision possibilities they can apply in their own settings.

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Pronunciation for Grammar: Basic & Intermediate (CDROMs)

English Grammar Course Basic & Intemediate
(Pronunciation for Grammar CDROMs)
Michael Swan, Catherine Walter | ISO | 245.41 Mb

Recommended! The English Grammar Course teaches all the grammar needed for speaking and writing in English. It explains the rules, shows how the language works, and gives plenty of practice. It can be used either with the coursebook in class or as extra practice at home.

CD ROM will help you to pronounce the structures from each section fluently and with correct stress and rhythm.

Elementary to Pre-Intermediate levels. [+/-]

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Improving Schools and Educational Systems: International Perspectives

Title: Improving Schools and Educational Systems: International Perspectives
Author(s): Alma Harris and Janet H. Chrispeels
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415362229
Date: 2006
Pages: 337
Size: 2.44 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement.

This book draws together the most effective school improvement projects from around the world in one comprehensive text, including detailed comparative analysis of a wide variety of initiatives. Drawing on examples from the UK, the USA, Canada, South Africa and Australia this book gives both an international snapshot and a coherent synthesis of initiatives that have given achievable results.

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English for the Pharmaceutical Industry (Book+Audio)

Title: English for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Author(s): Michael Büchler, Kathy Jaehnig, Gloria Matzig, Tanya Weindler
ISBN: 9780194579247
Date: 2010
Pages: 98
Size: 102 Mb
Format: PDF + MP3
Quality: High
Language: English

English for the Pharmaceutical Industry is an ideal short course aimed at those working in research and development, production, and quality control in the pharmaceutical industry.

This short, intensive courses can be completed in 25-30 hours, so students make progress quickly. ‘Industries’ titles can be used in a variety of ways: as stand-alone courses, for self-study using the interactive MultiROM, or alongside a coursebook such as International Express.

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The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness

Title: The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness
Author(s): Christopher M. Bache
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791476464
Date: 2008
Pages: 275
Size: 2.40 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

Drawing upon Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic fields, Bache proposes that well-taught courses generate "learning fields" around them, forms of collective consciousness that can trigger new insights and startling personal transformations. Moving beyond theory, this book is rich with student stories and offers practical, hands-on strategies for teachers who want to begin working with these learning fields to take their teaching to a more conscious level.

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Blue Everywhere by Kristin Sterling

Title: Blue Everywhere
Level: Grade K-2
Author(s): Kristin Sterling
Publisher: Lerner
ISBN: 9780761359470
Date: 2010
Pages: 34
Size: 10.6 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High, full-color
Language: American English

Look around you. Do you see a clear sky? Ripe blueberries? Blue birds or flowers? Your favorite jeans? The color blue is found in nature, in foods, in clothing, and many other places. Read this book and become an expert at spotting blue everywhere! (Grade K-2) [+/-]

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Using a lively tone and examples from everyday life, the Lightning Bolt Books Colors series helps K-2 readers recognize colors, identify various shades of colors, and understand how colors or color words are used (e.g., in conveying emotion). Titles also include fun facts or an activity on creating or blending colors.

These bold and busy titles discuss where the colors occur in nature, describe their various shades, and discuss the meaning behind popular sayings or 'fun facts' about them. Well suited to independent reading, with simple sentence structure and boxed facts that elaborate upon the photos, the books will inform and engage readers. Questions in the text ('Sometimes people say that they are feeling blue. What does this mean?') will promote further investigation. Each page in the first chapter features an item of the highlighted color plus an additional fact. A second chapter presents shades of the color. Surprisingly, only Blue refers to the fact that primary colors blend to create other colors. These are suitable choices for libraries and classrooms. School Library Journal

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Really Useful English Verbs (Penguin Quick Guides)

Title: Really Useful English Verbs (Penguin Quick Guides)
Author(s): Gillian Porter Ladousse
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780582468900
Date: 2008
Pages: 79
Size: 26.83 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned
Language: English

Recommended! Do you want to learn more English verbs? This book guides you to over 200 of the most important and useful verbs in everyday English, covering the following areas: travel; work and business; law and order; entertainment, and much more.

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Really Useful English Grammar (Penguin Quick Guides)

Title: Really Useful English Grammar (Penguin Quick Guides)
Author(s): Jake Allsop
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780582469
Date: 2008
Pages: 82
Size: 30.95 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very good, well-scanned
Language: English

Recommended! Do you want to improve your English grammar? This book guides you to the most important points and difficulties of English grammar, using: short, clear explanations; lots of practice and review pages and cartoons to help you understand - and make you laugh!

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Everyday Business Writing (English for Work)

Title: Everyday Business Writing (English for Work)
Level: Intermediate
Author(s): Ian Badger and Sue Pedley
Publisher: Longman
ISBN: 9780582539
Date: 2003
Pages: 95
Size: 59.9 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

Recommended! Everyday Business Writing is for intermediate level students who wish to develop their written language skills in business situations. It can be used in class or for self-study. Essential language and vocabulary are presented in context with a variety of exercises. Examples are given of different written forms including email, letters, reports and memos. A glossary section allows space for the student to put in words in their own language.

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101 Best Tech Resumes

Title: 101 Best Tech Resumes
Author(s): Jay A. Block and Michael Betrus
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 007141570X
Date: 2003
Pages: 272
Size: 10.8 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English

This resource is an indispensable tool for anyone looking to secure a great job in the technology industry. 101 Best Tech Resumes features outstanding resumes for every type of job from administrators and marketing professionals to data security managers and computer graphics designers. Cover letters and professional tips on networking are also included.

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Hot English Magazine №100-110

Title: Hot English Magazine №100-110
Publisher: hotenglishmagazine.com
Date: 2010-2011
Pages: 48 x 11
Size: 109 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High and full-color
Language: British and American English

Hot English is a truly unique monthly magazine. It contains useful language and fun articles with key words explained in easy-to-understand English.

Hot English comes with:
* A 70-minute audio CD with accents from all over the English-speaking world.
* 52 pages of English language content.
* Hundreds of articles to help improve your English.
* Combined with helpful glossaries that explain key words and expressions.
* US and British English, plus lots of other accents from the English-speaking world. [+/-]

Learn:
* Lots of slang that no one else will teach you.
* Useful English expressions.
* Phrasal verbs and idioms the fun way.
* Business English.
* About cultural topics from the English-speaking world.
* Real English in genuine contexts.

All the English you'll ever need:
* Humorous articles.
* The latest music and film.
* Up-to-date news articles and analytical articles.
* Cartoons and games.

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