Exploring the language of Poems, Plays and Prose examines how readers interact with literary works, how they understand and are moved by them

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of English for Academic Purposes for teachers. It looks not only at study skills, but also at other central concerns of EAP, such as needs analysis, syllabus and course design, methdology and materials, learning styles and genre analysis

A man has been found dead, a gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like Ricardo Arias killed himself…but the physical evidence tells a different story. The police investigation turns up all sorts of troubling data—a bitter estrangement between Ricardo and his wife, Terri; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; charges of child molestation. And before long there’s a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney and political hopeful Christopher Paget

An extensive working vocabulary is a prerequisite for test-taking success on the GRE Graduate Record Exam. This revised and updated test preparation guide presents 800 college-graduate-level words with definitions that frequently appear on the exam, while also familiarizing test takers with how the words are generally used in various contexts. Additional features include a pretest that serves as a diagnostic, a lengthy word list with extensive sentence-completion exercises, and a chapter that discusses and analyzes essential word roots. The book concludes with a detailed posttest. Answers are provided for all exercises and for all questions in the posttest

English Time is a six-level communicative course for children who are studying English for the first time. This course develops students` speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through activities that appeal to their curiosity and sense of fun

A good knowledge of collocations (typical word combinations) is essential for fluent and natural-sounding English. Using collocations will improve your style of written and spoken English, and knowledge of collocations is often tested in examinations such as Cambridge FCE, CAE, CPE and IELTS. Learning correct word combinations will also help you avoid common learner errors. English Collocations in Use presents and practises hundreds of collocations in typical contexts. It is ideal for students at good intermediate level and above

An extensive working vocabulary is a prerequisite for test-taking success on the GRE Graduate Record Exam. This test preparation guide presents 800 college-graduate-level words with definitions that frequently appear on the exam, while also familiarizing test takers with how the words are generally used in various contexts

What does the American Revolutuin have to do with you? More than you know....The portrait of our Country at the time of the Revolution closely resembles the diversity that exist today. Thomas Fleming show us History in details

This book is written especially to meet the needs of ESL students, it describes a wide variety of business documents and recommends appropriate styles and formats for each. Smples and instruction encompass sales and public relations letters, reports and proposals, resumes, job applications and much more

Students are sure to get caught up in the drama that comes with sailing on the high seas.In this weeklong simulation, students discover what it