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Study Skills is a complete course for students who are currently attending a university or college or who hope to begin university or college studies soon. The course covers:

• reading academic texts efficiently and effectively

• taking notes from lectures and books

• doing basic research

• using library or computer-based resources

• writing academic papers

• taking part in discussions

• presenting papers

• managing study time

• preparing for examinations For self-study purposes materials from the Tutor's Book (previously published separately) have been incorporated to form one combined student-friendly text.

Study Speaking Second Edition Study Speaking is for intermediate level and above students who need to speak English in connection with their academic work. It is intended primarily for use on language programmes preparing learners of English for study at university or college. The course is designed to improve students' speaking skills by

• activating and extending their linguistic competence

• increasing their confidence in using spoken English

• developing their ability to analyse and evaluate spoken performance

• sharpening their strategic competence in face-to-face interaction. Classroom tasks that practise skills required in the IELTS Interview module are highlighted throughout the course. The Second Edition has been comprehensively revised,

Study Speaking Second Edition Study Speaking is for intermediate level and above students who need to speak English in connection with their academic work. It is intended primarily for use on language programmes preparing learners of English for study at university or college. The course is designed to improve students' speaking skills by

• activating and extending their linguistic competence

• increasing their confidence in using spoken English

• developing their ability to analyse and evaluate spoken performance

• sharpening their strategic competence in face-to-face interaction. Classroom tasks that practise skills required in the IELTS Interview module are highlighted throughout the course. The Second Edition has been comprehensively revised,

Study Writing is for students at intermediate level and above who need to develop their writing skills and write better academic essays, projects, research articles or theses.
Study Writing encourages students to develop their writing strategies, seek feedback on their own writing and analyse expert writers' texts in order to become more reflective and effective writers.

Study Writing helps learners to write more effectively by:
• introducing key concepts in academic writing such as the role of generalizations and definitions and the application of principles like the Clarity Principle and the Honesty Principle
• exploring the use of information structures, including those used to develop and present an argument
• familiarizing learners with the charac

These practice tests from Cambridge ESOL are designed to evaluate the English level of primary learners aged 7-12. They provide the first step towards the Cambridge ESOL main suite exams (including KET, PET, and FCE). There are 3 sets of tests for each of the 3 levels: Cambridge Starters, Cambridge Movers and Cambridge Flyers. Each set contains 3 full-colour tests, a cassette/CD, and answer booklet.

These practice tests from Cambridge ESOL are designed to evaluate the English level of primary learners aged 7-12. They provide the first step towards the Cambridge ESOL main suite exams (including KET, PET, and FCE). There are 3 sets of tests for each of the 3 levels: Cambridge Starters, Cambridge Movers and Cambridge Flyers. Each set contains 3 full-colour tests, a cassette/CD, and answer booklet.

These practice tests from Cambridge ESOL are designed to evaluate the English level of primary learners aged 7-12. They provide the first step towards the Cambridge ESOL main suite exams (including KET, PET, and FCE). There are 3 sets of tests for each of the 3 levels: Cambridge Starters, Cambridge Movers and Cambridge Flyers. Each set contains 3 full-colour tests, a cassette/CD, and answer booklet.

These practice tests from Cambridge ESOL are designed to evaluate the English level of primary learners aged 7-12. They provide the first step towards the Cambridge ESOL main suite exams (including KET, PET, and FCE). There are 3 sets of tests for each of the 3 levels: Cambridge Starters, Cambridge Movers and Cambridge Flyers. Each set contains 3 full-colour tests, a cassette/CD, and answer booklet.

Full-colour preparation material for Cambridge Young Learners English Tests. Fun activities balanced with exam-style questions practise all the areas of the syllabus in a communicative way. The material is specifically designed to focus on those areas most likely to cause problems for young learners at these levels. The second edition has been updated and extended, with each unit now forming the basis for a lesson of 75 to 90 minutes. The website to accompany the Fun for Starters, Movers, Flyers series includes interactive versions of tasks from the Student's Books.

Key Features

* The second edition has been updated and extended to provide additional classroom material. Each unit now forms the basis for a lesson of 75 to 90 minutes.
* Each unit includes bri

Full-colour preparation material for Cambridge Young Learners English Tests. Fun activities balanced with exam-style questions practise all the areas of the syllabus in a communicative way. The material is specifically designed to focus on those areas most likely to cause problems for young learners at these levels. The second edition has been updated and extended, with each unit now forming the basis for a lesson of 75 to 90 minutes. The website to accompany the Fun for Starters, Movers, Flyers series includes interactive versions of tasks from the Student's Books.

Key Features

* The second edition has been updated and extended to provide additional classroom material. Each unit now forms the basis for a lesson of 75 to 90 minutes.
* Each unit includes bri

Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner shows how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to current educational materials, practices, and institutions, and makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools. This reissue includes a new introduction by the author.

English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides you with a detailed description of key features of Received Pronounciation (RP) as well as several major non-standard varieties of English. Key features: -main regional differences are followed by a survey of speech in over 20 areas of the UK and Ireland, audio samples of which are available for you to download at www.hodderplus.com/linguistics -includes recent findings on London English, Aberdeen English and Liverpool English -contains new entries on Hull, Manchester, Carlisle, Middlesbrough, Southampton, London West Indian, Lancashire and