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The How to…series offers practical teaching ideas within a clear, theoretical framework. Each title includes a photocopiable ‘Task File’ of training and reflection activities to reinforce the theories and practical ideas presented. * An uncomplicated analysis of the nature of writing , particularly in terms of process, product and genre * Discussion of the practical implications of teaching the theory of writing * Descriptions of a broad spread of writing tasks, simple and extended, to help teachers select those that will most effective in developing their students’ writing skills

The How to…series offers practical teaching ideas within a clear, theoretical framework. Each title includes a photocopiable ‘Task File’ of training and reflection activities to reinforce the theories and practical ideas presented.


* Explores different techniques for teaching grammar including inductive and deductive approaches
* Covers practising, testing, error correction and how to integrate grammar with various methodologies such as communicative language teaching and task-based learning
* Sample lessons show a range of teaching approaches and grammar items in context

Explores both inductive and deductive approaches, how to practise grammar topics, how to deal with students' grammatical errors Looks at ways of integrating grammar w

The How to…series offers practical teaching ideas within a clear, theoretical framework. Each title includes a photocopiable ‘Task File’ of training and reflection activities to reinforce the theories and practical ideas presented. * Covers key areas such as course preparation, materials and creation, and exploiting essential teaching techniques for different business contexts * Gives special emphasis to intercultural training and electronic learning * Sample lessons and activities throughout the book for teachers to use immediately in their teaching practice

The How to…series offers practical teaching ideas within a clear, theoretical framework. Each title includes a photocopiable ‘Task File’ of training and reflection activities to reinforce the theories and practical ideas presented. An analysis of how listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as grammar and vocabulary, are tested in a range of exams, and a description of appropriate teaching strategies for each. A guide to all the major international English language exams and information on how to keep up-to-date with changes to these exams.

The Practice Tests Plus series provides sets of complete tests at exam level and in exam format for KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS and Michigan ECPE and ECCE levels. Each book introduces students to exam formats and provides step-by-step task guidance and useful tips to maximise their chances of excelling. * Features a variety of stimulating texts and lively visual material * Provides an overview of all task formats and what they test * Answers students’ top 20 questions about each exam * Offers practical tips and guidance on how to approach each task type

The Practice Tests Plus series provides sets of complete tests at exam level and in exam format for KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS and Michigan ECPE and ECCE levels. Each book introduces students to exam formats and provides step-by-step task guidance and useful tips to maximise their chances of excelling. * Features a variety of stimulating texts and lively visual material * Provides an overview of all task formats and what they test * Answers students’ top 20 questions about each exam * Offers practical tips and guidance on how to approach each task type

Clearly and attractively presented, this reissue of the second edition of the Collins COBUILD Elementary English Grammar offers pre-intermediate learners of English a firm foundation in the principles of English Grammar.

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The second edition of the Collins COBUILD Elementary English Grammar has been written for pre- intermediate to intermediate learners of English in order to provide them with a sound understanding of the basics of English Grammar. The reference material is attractively presented on the left-hand pag

This major new edition of the Collins COBUILD English Usage is a modern, easy-to-use and in-depth guide to English usage, aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced learners and teachers of English.

Collins COBUILD English Usage has been designed to help learners to use individual words correctly, and choose the right words and structures for the meaning they want to convey. The title not only explains what English words mean, but also provides information on how the words actually work. The title covers a range of different areas of the English language, to help learners use the language naturally and effectively. It provides clear information on easily

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned.

A story of passion and idealism, which describes a group of men and women in the Middle Ages whose destinies are fatefully linked with the building of a cathedral. In a country torn by civil war, two generations struggle to rise above their primitive circumstances and create something beautiful.

Rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed.

This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid 1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms from email to texting, and the crisis affecting the world's languages, of which half are thought to be so seriously endangered that they will die out this century.

• All language statistics have been updated, and additional information provided about their linguistic affiliation

• All topics involving technology have been revis