This book is a practical guide for teachers who wish to gain a theoretical knowledge of pronunciation and develop their skills. It also suggests a variety of practical ideas, skills and activities for the classroom

This book is a guide to the key characteristics of major international English language exams. It provides a range of approaches to help students prepare for exams. This book has been written for any and all teachers faced with preparing students for exams, from newly qualified to experienced teachers, and for all those facing the contradiction between teaching for understanding and communication and getting students through exams

The book is designed to help bilingual and ESL teachers better understand how and why the English language works, and to broaden their abilities to help their students learn about the various functions of English in the real world

This comprehensive resource book contains an easy-to-use set of short activities essential for anyone teaching Business English. The four main sections covered are Business Topics, Business Communication Skills, Language Work and Exploiting Coursebooks

The book provides a wealth of photocopiable project material to supplement any coursebook. The projects will capture the imagination of young students and motivate them to speak English in a co-operative way while working towards the project goal

In this book the authors have drawn from their own multiple years of teaching and from the knowledge and ideas of 50 linguists and ESL teachers who specialize in particular languages and provide sample activities that creatively and effectively engage students in grasping a particular concept, and include illustrative examples that show English is a systemic language

Twelve-year-olds Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano meet at the Youth Scrabble Tournament where, although each has a different reason for attending and for needing to win, they realize that something more important is at stake than the grand prize

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson was devastated when his parents divorced and his father took a job working in the far off oil fields of Canada. Traveling to visit his dad for the first time since the divorce, Brian survives a plane crash that kills the airplane's pilot - the only other person aboard the small aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, Brian must rely only on his wits, and the hatchet given to him by his mother, as he struggles to survive. In the process, he also begins to come to terms with his parents' divorce. HATCHET is the book that first introduced readers to Brian Robeson

Henry James' travel writings on France and Italy are a case study in fine arts perception, understanding and interpretation. He treats each new locale as a new horizon to be engaged, absorbed, and internalized through a hermeneutic of analogical interiority. Roaming within the halls and chambers of French and Italian architecture opens, through the text, new conduits for an understanding of the vast interiority that exists within the self-examining-self. James is a master at relating the space of each location with the thoughts, instincts, relational perceptions and education of the observer

The book digs deep into the 9.5 elements that make persuasion, and getting your way, happen. By breaking down the elements, the reader will begin to understand, take action, become proficient, and then master the ability to persuade. Because persuasion occurs in so many different areas of life and business, Gitomer leads the reader from mental readiness to the principles of getting your way and the power that persuasion offers. He challenges the reader to prepare before they present, to prepare before they try to persuade. He demonstrates how to change a presentation into a performance and shows how this can be done in any environment