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• Get Ready for Success in English je nová moderní cvičebnice anglického jazyka na úrovni A1 podle SERR.
• Cvičebnice se zaměřuje na rozvoj komunikativních dovedností.
• Cvičebnice je vhodná pro výuku v kurzu i pro samostatné opakování a procvičování.
• Cvičebnice připravuje studenty na maturitní zkoušku z anglického jazyka.
• Cvičebnice obsahuje cvičení ke všem řečovým dovednostem: čtení, poslechu, psaní a mluvení.
• Cvičebnice obsahuje řešení ke cvičením a transkripci všech poslechových textů.
• Součástí cvičebnice je audio CD se všemi poslechovými texty.

Work on your Handwriting will help students to improve their handwriting in English. This workbook is suitable for EFL/ESL students of all levels whose studies require longhand writing, such as those preparing for the IELTS exams. It is ideal both for use in the classroom and for self-study or academic study.

The page-by-page layout with write-in exercises gives students practice of letter, word and sentence formation. It also offers practical guidance and practice to help students to improve their punctuation. Work on your Handwriting is particularly suitable for adult learners of English whose native language has a non-Roman alphabet, such as Arabic or Mandarin.

Key features:
• Letter formation examples and practice, including practice joining up differen

Cambridge Grammar and Vocabulary for Advanced provides complete coverage of the grammar and vocabulary needed for the Cambridge English: Advanced exam, and develops listening skills at the same time. It provides students with practice of exam tasks from the Reading and Use of English, Writing and Listening papers and contains helpful grammar explanations and a grammar glossary. It also includes useful tips on how to approach exam tasks and learn vocabulary. It is informed by the Cambridge International Corpus and the Cambridge Learner Corpus to ensure that the vocabulary is presented in genuine contexts and covers real learner errors.

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory is firmly established as a key work of reference in the complex and varied field of literary criticism. Now in its fifth edition, it remains the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind, and is invaluable for students, teachers and general readers alike. It gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality). It explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory. It covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet).

British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion addresses these and other major aspects of British culture, and offers a sophisticated understanding of what it means to study and think about the diverse cultural landscapes of contemporary Britain. Each contributor looks at the language through which culture is formed and expressed, the political and institutional trends that shape culture, and at the role of culture in daily life. This interesting and informative account of modern British culture embraces controversy and debate, and never

A refreshing new grammar course that presents grammar clearly, simply, and completely. It’s a series that helps your students learn grammar and remember it. With Online Practice Plus for students.

Elements of Success is a new grammar course which helps students learn the real-world grammar they need to read, communicate, and write effectively. Grammar is clearly presented with highly visual charts and explanations, and extensive four-skills practice helps students apply and remember what they learn.

Online Practice Plus takes learning beyond the classroom, with all new practice activities and automatic feedback which not only gives the right answers but explains why the answers are correct.

A refreshing new grammar course that presents grammar clearly, simply, and completely. It’s a series that helps your students learn grammar and remember it. With Online Practice Plus for students.

Elements of Success is a new grammar course which helps students learn the real-world grammar they need to read, communicate, and write effectively. Grammar is clearly presented with highly visual charts and explanations, and extensive four-skills practice helps students apply and remember what they learn.

Online Practice Plus takes learning beyond the classroom, with all new practice activities and automatic feedback which not only gives the right answers but explains why the answers are correct.

A refreshing new grammar course that presents grammar clearly, simply, and completely. It’s a series that helps your students learn grammar and remember it. With Online Practice Plus for students.

Elements of Success is a new grammar course which helps students learn the real-world grammar they need to read, communicate, and write effectively. Grammar is clearly presented with highly visual charts and explanations, and extensive four-skills practice helps students apply and remember what they learn.

Online Practice Plus takes learning beyond the classroom, with all new practice activities and automatic feedback which not only gives the right answers but explains why the answers are correct.

60 minutes running time

Humpty Dumpty
Sing A Song Of Sixpence
Hickory Dickory Dock
Incy Wincy Spider
The Wheels On The Bus
Jack And Jill Mary
Mary Quite Contrary
Tommy Thumb
Wee Willie Winkie
Cobbler Cobbler Mend My Shoe
Goosey Goosey Gander
Hey Diddle Diddle
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Aiken Drum
Baa Black Sheep
Diddle Diddle Dumpling
Hot Cross Buns
Little Bo Peep
Have You Seen The Muffin Man?
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Little Boy Blue
Ride A Cock Horse
Little Miss Muffet
Pat A Cake
Big Ted Little Ted
Pop Goes The Weasel
See Saw Margery Daw
Miss Polly Had A Dolly
Three Blind Mice
Pussy Cat Pussy Cat
Polly Put

To read fluently in all situations you need to practise reading different kinds of texts.

Collins Reading presents 20 different texts with exercises to help you develop the skills to read anything you come across.

Reading features authentic texts and a wide variety of styles to help you develop your reading skills, such as reading for general understanding and reading for detail.

Featured texts include:

• signs and labels
• advertisements
• newspapers
• brochures
• recipes
• classic and modern novels
• social networking sites
• blogs

Collins Reading is part of the new English for Life series and uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus, the world’s largest database of the

If you want to understand everything you read in English, you need to practise reading different kinds of texts. With Collins Reading (A2) you will learn how to get the information you need from every text you read.

Includes both authentic and adapted texts in a wide variety of styles:
• signs and labels • timetables and tickets • advertisements • newspapers and magazines • brochures • social networking sites • blogs •

• Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
• Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific reading skills.
• Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary.
• Answer key

Collins Reading (A2) is part of the Engl

English in the real world is constantly evolving, and learners need to move with it. But sometimes the English you can learn from your coursebook just isn’t enough for real life. Being able to understand English as it is really spoken will give you the confidence to succeed in any English-speaking environment. Using a wide range of authentic, unscripted recordings of everyday people from around the world, Collins Listening (B2+) will help you to feel confident and prepared for anything.

> Hear the language people really use when they are speaking
> CD with over 40 authentic recordings in a wide variety of scenarios
> Useful tips to increase your understanding of tone, slang and context

Units are divided into the following themes:
• Life