Designed for use in courses on language teaching methodology and teacher preparation, this book also serves as an invaluabale source book for courses in language curriculum development, materials development, and tteching practice

The Reverend Ronald Kemp came to the East End of London with definite ideas of right and wrong, which was only fitting for a minister of God. However, the people of the East End had a few ideas of their own, and the Reverend Kemp quickly found his world torn asunder as he met murderers, prize fighters - and the Toff! Very quickly the Reverend's reputation was as tarnished as the souls of any of his sinners, and only the Toff could bring him back to a state of grace... and at the same timesave both the Reverend and himself from a very untimely end

Tarzan loves Jane, but she has promised to marry another. Heartsick and lonely, Tarzan sails to Paris to learn the ways of civilization from his friend D'Arnot. On board ship--and later in the cafes and streets of Paris--he learns that the jungle is not the only place where savage beasts dwell. Before setting foot on French soil, Tarzan is caught up in a whirlwind of blackmail, attempted murder, kidnapping, and the intrigues of desperate men and beautiful women. When a secret mission takes him back to Africa, he struggles with a decision: Can he stay in the world of the woman he has loved and lost? Or does destiny call him back to his original African home

The fragile life-form that hides within its puny frame a curiously unquenchable something . . . call it

The Cambridge Thesaurus of American English is an orginal and up-to-date collection of more than 200,000 synonyms and antonyms for the most commonly used words and phrases in contamporary American English

"Мир Чарльза Диккенса» — работа, где каждая строка говорит об огромной осведомленности ее автора, о тщательном изучении всех новейших материалов, понадобившихся Уилсону для наиболее объективного освоения сложного и противоречивого пути и сложной и противоречивой личности Ч. Диккенса. Очевидно и прекрасное знакомство с его творческим наследием. Задачей Уилсона было добиться полноты видения целого, порой ценой менее существенных, на его взгляд, деталей. Его целью было по-писательски воспроизвести облик Диккенса

The most reliable and intertaining guide to effective writing and speaking for Americans today, The Columbia Guide to Standard American English belongs on the desk of everyone who uses our ever-changing language. This book will help you write and speak clearly and appropriately for a full range of purposes and audiences. Unlike most writers on English usage (who so often reflect British practises) Wilson focuses on American English. In eddition, his guide is the first to present a systematic, comprehensive view of our language - both spoken and written - as influenced by context

This remarkable book speaks to the heart of every classroom teacher offering a proven, practical approach that can help reduce the exhausting and often overwhelming classroom management problems confronting today

Browsing through the pages of The Barhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology is like exploring the historical, political, and rhetorical wonderland of our linguistic heritage. We see the evolution of ideas, as rootword connections that now seem arbitrary are traced to schools of thought from the past. We also find an opportunity to examine how the sometimes backwards, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes illuminating ideologies built into our language affect our modern thinking